What would life without bees be like?
Tune into Alan Davies' BBC Radio 4 show today and hear Reading's Professor Simon Potts explaining how bees impact our diets, and what would be missing from our lives if they were no longer around.
Listen today at 14:45: https://rdg.ac/4bGWwNS
We’re 100 today.
On 17 March 1926, the University of Reading was granted its Royal Charter.
Now, we wake up 100 years later as a global university, shaped by generations of students, staff, alumni and partners who have built something extraordinary together.
Happy 100th anniversary to us. #UoR100
In 2025, our academics wrote 56 articles for the @uk.theconversation.com that drew the attention of a combined 1.2 million readers from around the world.
So, to celebrate, we’re recapping our most read pieces over the next 12 days!
#Academicsky
🎉 The University of Reading's annual Community Festival returns on 16-17 May 2026 and you're invited to get involved!
This year we're celebrating 100 years of innovation, community and global impact.
Find out how you can participate and complete the application form. 👇
It really was a total pleasure to meet my Black Country body double BBC radio legend @andrew-peach.bsky.social today at a Thames Valley Chambers of Commerce event, bringing business and Universities like @uniofreading.bsky.social together 💙
The global climate stripes for 1850-2024. Blue lines are prevalent on the left of the graphic, indicating cooler-than-average years, while red stripes shows years that were hotter than average. A stark band of deep red stripes on the right-hand side of the graphic shows the rapid heating of our planet in recent decades.
No words. No numbers. No graphs.
Just a series of vertical coloured bars, created by @edhawkins.org showing the progressive heating of our planet since 1850 in a single, striking image.
Blue shows cooler-than-average years, while reds are hotter than average.
Make a difference #ShowYourStripes
In 2026 we'll be celebrating our Centenary, marking 100 years since we received a Royal Charter.
But our community has been at the forefront of improving lives around the world for far longer!
Here, we'll celebrate the people & projects that deliver our vision to make a better world. #Introduction
Well hello, great to see you 👋
#UnisStartUpTheUK Pleasing to see so much impactful innovative increasing entrepreneurial activity at the University of Reading | Henley Business School www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Un...
Too kind sir, Happy Shroom Year to you and yours 🍄!
The 3rd webinar in our Accommodating Diversity in the Workplace series is taking place on 5th December. Liz Houldsworth will present "How the MBA might promote women’s careers – lessons from the Henley alumni". For more details and to register see:
research.reading.ac.uk/accommodatin...
For the last 4 years and 8 months I've been running an online seminar series: ROSES = Reading Online Sport Economic Seminars. It's brought me a huge amount of joy - new connections, fascinating people, great opportunities.
I've been posting about it on Twitter up to now. Time now to start here...
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