Reading in the news - Thu 18 Dec
18 December 2025
Beachy Head Woman: , BBC Radio 4 Today,The Guardian, , , , , , TalkRADIO, and (republished by ) reported on research co-authored by Professor Hella Eckardt (Archaeology) on the ancestry of the ‘Beachy Head Woman’, a skeleton from Britain’s Roman era. From our story: Roman-era ‘Beachy Head Woman’ originated from southern UK
Health and wellbeing:
Professor Ian Joneswas quoted by (and in print) on flu vaccines. Dr Simon Clarke (both Biomedical Sciences) was also quoted by on rising flu cases.
Food and farming:
reported on a study by Dr Matt Ordidge (Crop Science) on an English apple variety previously thought to be lost.
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
Dr Claire Ryder (Meteorology) was quoted by (republished by ,, ,and others)on the cause of pink fog.
Business and society:
(republished by ) mentioned a study by Henley Business School on people feeling they can be themselves in the workplace.
Heritage and culture:
, ,,,and various global outlets featured research from Dr Rebecca Pitt (Archaeology) on health in Roman Britain. From our story: Roman urbanism was bad for Brits' health
Other coverage:
Dr Penélope Plaza (Architecture) wrote a book review for on A Promising Past.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Van de Noort was quoted by on removing REF funding for 3* outputs.
Alumni:
Business and Economics graduate, Phaedros Pantelides, wrote for on Amazon’s OpenAI investment.
Henley Business School graduate Marcin Klammer has been appointed head of the Polish, Romanian and Hungarian markets for Nhood, reports .
Travel writer and Reading graduate Jessica Phillips wrote for (republished by, , and ) about a trip to Malta.

