News Archives - University of Reading and Natural History Museum

Partnership Open Day 2026

Some highlights so far, and an opportunity to engage with each other and with the partnership further

Tiny Fossils from the Ice Age

Project team engaging visitors with tiny fossils at the Community Festival at University of Reading May 2025

Methods testing for collecting and identifying pollen loads on moths

A pilot study to appraise different approaches for collecting and identifying pollen found moth specimens

Unlocking NHM field samples for fossil vertebrates: a pilot project

A pilot project to process NHM palaeontological field samples from Westbury Cave, Somerset.

Biodiversity and Health Workshop January 2025

A Patnership funded workshop to explore and generate research ideas around the intersection of biodiversity and human health

Soundings: A Celebration of The River by Jana Winderen

Partnership seed-funded project: Soundings, a day-long research event at NHM, drawing on Jana Winderen’s sound installation, The River, installed in the Jerwood Gallery, as a point of inspiration.

Making a point: early wood technologies of the British Isles

A seed-funded project to analyse the ‘Clacton spear point’, an important artefact thought to be the world’s earliest weapon.

Partnership Teams for Staff and Students

Stay up to date with all the latest news, opportunities, and activities from the UoR-NHM Partnership by joining your institution’s Partnership Teams.

Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship in Archaeology

A project to examine the long-term impacts of urbanism on biodiversity and ecosystem health from a DNA perspective

Collaborative Palaeopathology PhD Studentship

A PhD Studentship to explore long term issues of health, migration and power over resources in an invaded population