A tale of two Thebes: the origins of the Ure Museum
Thank you for listening to our talk at the 2026 Centenary Community Festival. Find out more about The Ure Museum Museum BeginningsRead this blog about the origins of the Ure...Read More >
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A Week in Westminster – Professor Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy
I recently completed a week at Westminster through the Royal Society Pairing Scheme, which took place on 16–19 March 2026, and I wanted to share some information that could be used for a possible...Read More >
Extract from ‘The Nature Delusion’ by Professor Tom Oliver
Part 2- Superficial ‘solutions’ from a sense of separation Have you ever looked into the eyes of another animal and felt a sense of shared understanding? Perhaps think of a particular...Read More >
Why shoppers buy fast fashion even if they disagree with it
Every December, many shoppers plan to buy fewer things and choose more sustainable options. Yet as the month goes on, spending rises and fast fashion becomes hard to resist. Christmas...Read More >
Our most talked about articles of 2025
We’re proud of all the research papers, studies, reports and other academic outputs that have been published in 2025. All of this hard work contributes towards making Reading a centre...Read More >
Our most read articles of 2025
Our most read articles of 2025 In 2025, researchers at the University of Reading published 56 articles on The Conversation, generating almost 1.2 million reads worldwide. These articles showcase the...Read More >
Reading the world differently: eight books to broaden your mind
Expand your reading list this spring and summer with some thought-provoking new works! Throughout the past month, our #readingatReading campaign has explored recently published books by University of Reading researchers....Read More >
CentAUR – the Open Access publications repository at the centre of our community
From its beginnings as a ‘National Day of Action for Open Access’ in 2007, International Open Access week has been promoted and expanded by libraries, publishers and other organisations. The...Read More >
Peer review and AI: what will this mean for best practice?
Have you been asked to do a peer review for a journal recently? The chances are that at least one invitation may have landed in your inbox as the new...Read More >
Why we’re hunting through a century of data from Britain’s northernmost observatory
Built in 1913 as a naval radio station, the Shetland Isles’ Met Office at Lerwick provides the temperature reading you see on the top right-hand corner of the UK weather...Read More >
