UNIVERSITY OF READING

The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 places the University of Reading at joint 30 in the UK.The guide, published today and across the weekend in The Times and Sunday Times, places Reading four places higher from the…

People living in Britain thousands of years ago combined cereals and milk in cooking pots, archaeologists have found, suggesting they may have enjoyed the same hot porridge breakfasts as their modern-day descendants.A team of scientists,…

A fossil discovered in Canada could be a rare finding of an entire dinosaur skeleton complete with fossilised skin, scientists believe.The exposed fossil of the hadrosaur, a large-bodied, herbivorous, duck-billed dinosaur, is protruding…

An 8th century monastery on the banks of the Thames near Maidenhead could have enjoyed similarly important status as a trade and production centre to larger towns like London and Southampton, a new excavation has revealed.An excavation…

New analysis points to spring hay decline in southern England of up to 50% by 2080A new study of long-term data suggests that spring hay yields in southern England have already been reduced by more than a third due to changes to our…

The University of Reading's Whiteknights campus has been recognised as one of Britain's top green spaces for the 12th year in a row.Each year, the Green Flag Award scheme recognises the UK's best public outdoor spaces, with winners judged…

Scientists are flying research aircraft through the heart of Arctic storms this summer to better understand how weather systems are affecting polar sea ice.Arctic cyclones are the main type of hazardous weather that affect the polar…

Reading’s driest July in more than a century has capped the driest start to any calendar year since the Second World War – except 1976.Drought has intensified with just 3.1mm of rain in July, data from the University of Reading’s weather…

Archaeologists have begun a new project to reveal the secrets of one of Britain’s most powerful Anglo-Saxon queens and the monastery which she presided over, in a new three-year dig in Cookham, Berkshire.Starting today (Monday 1 August),…

A gas-powered bus emblazoned with a climate change visualisation created at the University of Reading has hit the streets of Reading.One of Reading Buses' natural-gas-powered vehicles has been kitted out in the climate stripes for…