The University of Reading announced in April 2016 that it would publish the valuation and accounting statements for its main endowment fund. This gives a detailed breakdown of investments held at the ...

People who are most in danger during the UK’s heatwave are among the least likely to have air conditioning at home, researchers have found. "Older people face some of the greatest health risks in a ...

Reducing methane emissions will slow climate change but could also slow the recovery of the stratospheric ozone layer, new research from the University of Reading shows. The study found that cutting ...

Climate change is already affecting the UK’s food production and ecosystems, with risks increasing in urgency, according to a major national climate assessment published this week. Researchers from ...

British adults eat just 18g of dietary fibre daily, far below the recommended 30g, putting millions at risk of developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and colorectal cancer. The new review article, ...

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An eighth-century monastery in Cookham, Berkshire, may have been one of the UK’s earliest hospices. “It is possible that the monastery may have been one of the UK’s earliest hospices, offering medical ...

The University of Reading has again been placed among the world’s top 200 universities, at 194, in the QS World University Rankings 2026. The ranking, which scores 1,500 institutions around the world, ...

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