Reading in the news - Tue 3 Jun
03 June 2025
Strategic defence review: shares expert comments from Dr Alexander Gilder (Law) on the UK’s strategic defence review. Republished by . From our story: ‘Strategic defence review will give UK key NATO role’
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
- publishes an article by Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/ Meteorology), who says England needs more than just new reservoirs to solve its water crisis.
- quotes Dr James O’Donoghue (Meteorology) on proposed cuts to NASA funding.
- , , and reports on a study co-authored by Dr Jacob Gardner (Biological Sciences), revealing that birds nested in the Arctic alongside dinosaurs 73 million years ago. From our story: Ancient birds nested in the Arctic alongside dinosaurs
- highlights a Q&A session with Professor Christopher Merchant (Meteorology), part of Great Big Green Week, which will take place on Thursday, 12 June.
- Greatest Hits Radio featured a new tool co-developed by Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) that compares live UK temperatures to 30-year averages. From our story: UK’s extra heat revealed with live temperature tool
- and quotes Professor Sandy Harrison (Geography and Environmental Science), on new findings which suggest climate models overestimate how much carbon trees release.
- reports the University was named The Times Sustainable University of the Year.
- Windsor Express (in print) quotes Dr Roger Brugge, (Meteorology), noting spring 2025 was the warmest locally since before 1900.
Heritage and Culture:
- mentions The Nature of Fascism, a 1969 book based on academic papers first presented at the University.
- quotes Nigel Larkin (Visiting Research Fellow) on the discovery of the world’s oldest stomach stone. Republished by .
Health and wellbeing:
- , and quote Dr Alejandra Perotti (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) on the nighttime exploits of human face mites.
Food and farming:
- highlights the University’s involvement in the development of Precision Farming 3.0.
Business and society:
- publishes an opinion piece by Jon Foster-Pedley, Dean and Director of Henley Business School Africa, advocating for unconventional thinkers to drive change.
- mentions Ren Ren (Henley Business School) will co-present at the 2025 UTokyo-MIT Real Estate Workshop.
- quotes Dr Holly Andrews (Henley Business School), who explains that some business leaders exhibit psychopathic traits.
Other Coverage:
- and highlights Terry Frost’s academic legacy, noting he was Artist in Residence and Professor of Painting at the University.
- reports Oxford's American Football team defeated the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ 35–0.
- , , , and report that Fintan Feltham, an 18-year-old student from the University, died in Oxford last year.
Alumni:
- and mention Nomvula Zeldah Mabuza, an MBA candidate at Henley Business School, South Africa. Republished by .
- mentions Michael Baggott, whose passion for antiques led him to study fine arts valuation at the University. His silverware collection is now set for sale.
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