As announcements of redundancies in the airline industry continue, Jorge Guira, Associate Professor in Law and Finance, and colleagues from the Universities of Southampton and Cranfield, outline the scale of…Read More >
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Talk of war in COVID-19 coverage may be hiding testing failings
Everyday we are bombarded with metaphors of war from the media reporting on COVID-19. Dr Sylvia Jaworska from the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics, asks whether the differences…Read More >
Book clubs and the Blitz: how WWII Britons kept calm and got reading
As people remain confined to their homes, options for what we do with our free leisure time has become restricted. Associate Professor Nicola Wilson from the School of Literature and…Read More >
Coronavirus: just letting children play will help them, and their parents, cope
For substitute teachers (ie parents) trying to work at the same time as caring for school age children, Professor Helen Dodd and Dr Tim Gill from the School of Psychology…Read More >
COVID-19 Q&A: should I be worried if I take ACE inhibitor drugs for high blood pressure?
With the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus have come reports that people taking drugs called ACE inhibitors to treat high blood pressure might be at higher risk of death….Read More >
Ask me anything about climate change!
From coronavirus to carbon storage, Reading climate scientists invited local school children to ask them anything on 13 March for British Science Week. Here are some of the burning questions…Read More >