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Professor honoured at Shakespeare’s Globe As a world-renowned research and teaching IN THE NEWS: institution, the is rarely out of the local, national and international media. This is a selection of media appearances by members of the University and press cutting summaries which highlight the important work being done by the staff and students of the University. View all ‘In the news’ items at www.reading.ac.uk/about/about-readinginthenews2008.asp

Front cover: View of 16 & 17 July 23 October, BBC Radio 30 October New Scientist Shakespeare’s Globe Former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dr Orla Kennedy (Food Dr Emma Johnson (Centre for Sir Roger Williams received an Biosciences) talks about the Biomimetics, School of at night. Photographer Bulletin | 20 November 2008 489 Honorary Degree from the impact on the digestive system Construction Management and Pawel Libera University of Glamorgan and an if we are not chewing our food Engineering) gives expert Honorary Fellowship from Cardiff properly. comment on a tiny bug-eyed The Bulletin can be found online at University on subsequent days this camera that provides a field of 23 October, BBC Radio Berkshire www.reading.ac.uk/bulletin summer. view six times that of the Professor Leopold (Law) talks where you can read a pdf of this conventional camera, allowing the 21 September, BBC Radio 4 about the Reading Law students issue and access archived issues of field of view of cameras to Professor Peter Scott (Henley who have used their legal past Bulletins. approach that of human vision. Business School) broadcast a four knowledge to train as volunteers The Bulletin is published in-house minute essay on Radio 4’s for the citizens advice bureau, 1 November, Woman & Home fortnightly during term time. Items Broadcasting House programme on and who have recently been An article on how adding a little are welcomed from every member The life and death of the local recognised for their contribution indulgence to your diet is good for of the University and should be building society’. in the community. your body as well as your soul. sent, marked ‘Bulletin’, to Recent research from Dr David Carol Derham 21 October, Reading Evening Post 24 October, BBC Radio Berkshire Vauzour (Food Biosciences) has Communications, DEAO University of Reading Professor Peter Scott (Henley found that champagne is actually Whiteknights postgraduate planning and Business School) gives his expert packed with antioxidants that The University of Reading regeneration students, with the opinion on the current and future seem to specifically protect the Reading RG6 6AH help of Reading Borough Council, impact of the economic downturn. brain from damage associated email [email protected] visited a number of estates to 27 October, The Guardian with problems such as strokes. Please note that we reserve the discuss how they could apply their Changes in the salinity of our right to edit items and not all development skills to real 2 November, The Observer oceans are being brought about by material may be used. Free small communities. An article looking at how water, the man’s influence on our climate, ads from University members will world’s most precious commodity, 21 October, ITV Thames Valley suggests new research conducted be included if space permits. has been taken for granted and Tonight by the Met Office Hadley Centre how that’s all about to change. Copy date for the edition published covered a special launch that took and the Walker Institute for With expert comment from on 15 January is 4 December. place on Tuesday 21 October to Climate System Research at the Steven Mithen (Archaeology). The Bulletin is typeset by celebrate the selection of the University of Reading. Diana Arnold in Communications, University of Reading, with Little DEAO and is printed by Advent Heath School, as a major player in Colour, Andover. a national science and engineering outreach project.

You wore it well

Huge thanks are due again to here at the University, so if everybody who wore it pink for anyone wishes to take over the Breast Cancer Campaign on the mantle of donations Friday 31 October. collector, please let me know.

£448 was raised throughout Diana Arnold the University, with the Communications Office School of Chemistry, Food Biosciences and Pharmacy raising half of that. Unfortunately I personally didn’t manage to organise anything in Whiteknights House on the scale of last year, but there was a profusion of pink outfits – including a very natty pair of socks worn by a member of Senior Management Board, Mick O’Callaghan, School of Chemistry, who shall remain nameless! Food Biosciences and Pharmacy, won the prize for the best ‘wear it pink’ This year’s event was my last outfit for the day! 2 Halls redevelopment

Redevelopment of the Halls of Residence got under way in the areas of Childs Hall and on 17 November and will continue into the new year. Bulletin | 20 November 2008 489 The areas affected are fenced off, signs indicate diversions where necessary and crossover plates used on roads to allow for continued access. The demolition of Whiteknights Hall by contractor, Morgan Ashurst, has also begun. The schedule of works and the major demolition work will continue until the end of the year. Commencement of new Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tony Downes, begins demolition of Whiteknights Hall supported by members of the University’s project team and contractors, Morgan Ashurst buildings is planned for February 2009. Details of the Whiteknights halls redevelopment can be found on the University website http://www.reading.ac. The hall on the site of Whiteknights Hall under his stewardship, the Treasury uk/about/about-localHallsRDPapp.asp will be known as Mackinder Hall, while Commissioner had granted Reading the new hall to the south of Childs Hall University College status. Sir Frank Names for new halls will be known as Stenton Hall. Stenton became the University’s third Following suggestions from the Project Halford John Mackinder was the first Vice-Chancellor (1946–50). He presided team, Senior Management Board has Principal of The College at Reading from over the University’s purchase of approved names for the two new halls 1892­–1903, coming from Christ Church Whiteknights Park, creating a new to be built on the site of Whiteknights College as part of the Oxford University campus for expansion of the University Hall and to the south of Childs Hall. Extension movement. Within ten years, in later decades.

Globe conference

On 23–26 October the Shakespeare’s University’s web pages which in its first The first of a pair of conferences Globe Centre in London ran a conference years secured one-third of all the hits the celebrating this work, the sessions in honour of Professor Andrew Gurr, University’s site received. featured talks by leading Shakespeare Professor Emeritus of English. On 22 October to launch the Globe scholars and theatre experts from around the world. The conference saw the launch Professor Gurr spent twenty years conference, Professor Gurr gave the first of a project to complete the Globe’s while at Reading chairing the research of a series of annual lectures in memory companion indoor theatre, the shell of committee that designed Shakespeare’s of Theo Crosby, the architect with whom which already exists. It will be a replica Globe, and ran a site forming part of the he worked to design the Globe playhouse. of the Blackfriars playhouse, which was built for Shakespeare’s acting company in 1596, three years before Shakespeare and his fellows built the Globe. The second conference in celebration of Professor Gurr’s work will be held next October in the USA, at Staunton in Virginia, where a Blackfriars replica already exists. The Shakespeare Center of America at Staunton plans to build a replica Globe to accompany its indoor Blackfriars in 2011 with Professor Gurr’s help.

Shakespeare’s Globe theatre on the South Bank of the Thames. Photo by Pawel Libera

3 4 Bulletin | 20 November 2008 | 489 The movewentverysmoothly, despite The loanablefieldmaps,themost were backinbusinesson1September, efforts ofLibrarystaff andCrippsremoval Degrees atGreenlands the difficulties ofdealingwithheavy and after onlysixdays closure. awkward mapcabinets,andthemaps frequently usedpartofthecollection, Map collectionrelocated Whiteknights. map collectionisnowoperatingfrom men overthesummer, theUniversity’s the 2ndFloorofMainLibrary of FinanceandCorporateServices), Tim Ford(PresidentoftheUniversity Following thehard-workandstrenuous conferred uponstudentsoftheformer shows (ltor):David Savage (Director and KeithHodgson(UniversitySecretary). Henley BusinessSchool),Professor Professor ChrisBones(Deanofthe Our photographtakenonthatoccasion Chancellor, ProfessorJimPemberton Council), theChancellor, theVice- Christine Williams(Pro-Vice-Chancellor), On Saturday18October, theChancellor (Dr JohnMadejski)presided overtwo (Dean oftheFacultySocialSciences) first at whichdegreesofHenleyBusiness School attheUniversityofReadingwere newsHenley ManagementCollege. Degree CongregationsatGreenlands,the 4th Floor. Thematicatlasesarewith You cansearchtherestofcollection We hopethatallour ‘old’ userswill on Unicorn(add‘andcartographic other materialonthesamesubject. can beusedwhenevertheLibrary or [email protected] on the2ndFloor, bytelephone(ext8779) easily findthemapsintheir new home, Judith Fox, theMapLibrarian,inperson geographical data,includingDigimap will attractnewusersfromacross the period. the 2ndFloorInformationDeskinher and atlases).To request amap,contact are nowfoundneartheInformation and HistoricDigimap. available togiveadviceaboutmapsand absence. Asbefore,theMapLibrarianis and thatthevisibilityofcollection material’ tolimitthesearchmaps more accessible than ever before, as they Card/Library Card,forthestandardloan Both thefieldmapsandatlasescanbe is open.Geographicatlasesareonthe Desk onthe2ndFloor, wheretheyare borrowed usingyourStudentAccess University. Wallace and Mrs Putso Nyathi Mrs Putso Dr BhavaniShankar, DirectorGIIDAE; MrsMurielHirst; Muriel HirstPrize 2008/09 hasbeenawarded toMrs Putso The Wallace andMurielHirstPrizefor studying MScAgricultureand Policy andDevelopment. Development andAppliedEconomics Development, GraduateInstitutefor Nyathi fromZimbabwe.Mrsis (GIIDAE) inthe SchoolofAgriculture, Student awards

The following awards have been given to our students recently.

The Society for General Microbiology awarded a prize for the best performance in Part 2 in microbiology at the University to Graham Hood. The Biochemical Society Prize for the Bulletin | 20 November 2008 489 best Part 2 performance in a biochemical subject was awarded to Katrin Danielsen. The prizes were awarded by Professor Rob Robson, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Teaching and Learning. The Sue Morgan Memorial Trust Fund prize of £1000 was presented to Akwasi Agyemang on 2 October 2008 by staff from the Department of Agricultural Akwasi Agyemang , middle, with staff from the Department of Agricultural and Food Economics and Food Economics in the School of postgraduate students from Africa to further their academic study, with Agriculture, Policy and Development. studying programmes in Agricultural a view to assisting the agricultural Akwasi has just successfully completed and Food Economics with a good development within their own countries. his studies on the MSc Agricultural academic record and the objectives of The Trust was created in the memory of Economics programme at the University. the Trust are to provide financial support Sue Morgan who successfully completed The Sue Morgan Memorial Trust Fund is to individuals from African countries, the MSc in Tropical Agricultural an annual prize that is open to deserving particularly Malawi and Mozambique, Development at the University.

Reading University Staff Golf Society

The University Golf Society calendar teed off this year’s events in March with a visit to Donnington Valley Golf Club, Newbury.

This was followed by the The Downshire, Flackwell Heath, and finally Hartley Learning to Letter to the editor Wintney for Captain’s Day. Our jovial Dear Colleagues captain John Kiley presided over the communicate Just a short note to let you know that prize giving presentations with his usual Dr Sally Richards, School of Health and I am now happily established at the wit and good grace. The main winners Social Care, is one of the authors of a set University of Sussex. I finally sold my were: Mike Moulds winning the of multi-media E-learning resources on house in Surrey and I’m renting a prestigious Whiteknights Cup, a Communication Skills produced by the house down here whilst I wait to see knockout tournament played Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). throughout the summer; Kris Morgan what happens to the housing market. The resources were launched on Jones as runner up won the plate. In the I wanted to thank you for my 17 October at a conference on Professional Captain’s Day event itself, Kris Morgan wonderful send-off from Reading Communication, at the University of Jones with 39 points won by a whisker and the lovely gifts of a posh watch, York, by Sally and her co-authors, from Mike Moulds. The “Kiley Trophy” i-pod and digital radio. They all get Michelle Lefevre, University of Sussex, introduced for the first time was won used everyday and I think of all the and Pamela Trevithick, University of by Tony Swift for best overall combined wonderful people I spent 10 happy Gloucestershire. These resources are points for the four meetings. years with every time I use them. suitable for students studying towards Our annual match against Surrey I have been very ‘home’ sick for the social work degree, educators and University ended in defeat this year Reading but life by the sea is winning practising social workers and can be which we intend to reverse next year. me over now. The gulls around proof of continued professional campus make a novel change from RUSGS prides itself in being an all-ability development. They may be used for the ducks! and mixed gender golf society. A warm individual or group learning and can be welcome is extended to anybody wishing downloaded to a virtual learning Best wishes to everyone to join us. Please email or phone Steve environment (VLE). They are available Janet Pryse ex CSTD Middleton, the Secretary at s.g.middleton@ free of charge at http://www.scie.org.uk/ email [email protected] reading.ac.uk or phone 7078 publications/elearning/cs/index.asp

5 Association of University Administrators Children in need at The Association of University London Region. There are currently 30 Christmas Administrators, (AUA), is a professional members of the branch who are employed membership association for all Higher in a number of different areas across the Can you help? A local charity that collects Education managers, administrators and University and SUMS Consulting, based and distributes toys for children at support staff. at the . Christmas needs a couple of hours of your The local Branch Co-ordinator, David time – or longer if you can spare it. The AUA promotes excellence and Stannard, has decided to stand down professionalism in Higher Education Volunteers unpack and sort previously

Bulletin | 20 November 2008 489 after undertaking this role for the management and administration and is donated gifts into various age groups past ten years. He has been replaced run at local, regional and national level. and then select the gifts for each by Melissa Bradley, who joined the child (confidentiality rules apply). An It provides members with opportunities University this year and is a member understanding is needed of what kind of for personal and professional of the national Board of Trustees. gifts children of different ages appreciate development, sharing of best practice If you wish to receive any further – supervisors are on hand to advise if and excellent networking opportunities information about the benefits of needed. You also need to be reasonably particularly with its annual conference, membership or joining the Association, fit as some light lifting is involved. the largest of its kind in the sector. please do not hesitate to contact me, The toy sorting takes place at a hall The University of Reading’s local AUA Melissa Bradley ([email protected]), near the Royal Berkshire Hospital branch is part of the South Regional local AUA Branch contact or visit the from Monday 8 December to Thursday Grouping but also has links with the website www.aua.ac.uk 11 December (minimum two hours, maximum six). To take part, please contact Postgraduate Consultancy Policy [email protected] as soon as possible for further information and to Representation Group Following a lengthy consultation across the University during 2007 and 2008, a revised sign up. Melissa Stepney and Katie Grant are the policy on undertaking consultancy is now There is a huge range of other current presidents of the PGRG for the in place and dedicated support is available opportunities for volunteering in second year running. for members of staff wishing to undertake Reading, with plenty outside working They ran several events in Freshers’ University consultancy with the approval of hours. If any member of staff would like week aimed at postgraduates, with their Head of School or Directorate. to know more, please get in touch with some events attended by over 250 Vice-Chancellor Gordon Marshall Clare Bonney, who can meet you on postgraduate students. ‘We felt there explained: ‘The University of Reading is a campus and sort out some suggestions was a need for Freshers’ week, which is major contributor to the regional, national that match your interests. Many of the traditionally aimed at undergraduates, and international knowledge economy, vacancies only require a couple of hours to also cater for postgraduates.’ said and active collaborations between a month of your time. Melissa. The new academic year began business and the University are numerous. If you would like to know more, please with the “Postgraduate Induction Staff are supported to make the most of contact Clare: [email protected] University consultancy opportunities, Event” that the presidents organised (in Also wanted are individuals willing to within the context of the workload, conjunction with staff from the CTDoL) offer short term specialist help to local available resources and strategic priorities which included talks from various charities (eg HR, putting together a of the School, and I welcome the clarity services at the University such as library, business plan, website design, accounts the revised Policy brings to the activity.’ careers, disability service, chaplaincy work). and study advice; this was followed by Research and Enterprise Services (RES) New general volunteering vacancies a “Dance Decades” social at the Union co-ordinates and supports University in the Reading area are posted each which was sold out in just a few days. consultancy to help academics and to week on the Reading Voluntary Action ‘Our fantastic turnout at all our events ensure that appropriate contracts are set website: www.r-v-a.org shows how there really is a need to put up to cover any work done. postgraduates on the map.’ said Katie. Cathy Harris from the Knowledge Transfer Centre, who project-managed The group represents and unites the revisions, said: ‘I look forward to postgraduates across all disciplines at the working with staff to help them through University running campaigns regarding the process and my colleagues at RES are issues that affect postgraduates. The of course also available for guidance and PGRG also plays an important role in to set up contracts. Full details on providing postgrads with a vibrant social University consultancy are now available Small ad scene. For more information or if you at www.reading.ac.uk/res/consultancy, and would like to get involved please visit: I hope that anyone with an interest will To rent Newly refurbished four bedroom family house http://www.rusu.co.uk/PGRG/ or email come along to the CSTD course on available, two minutes walk from Whiteknights. [email protected] 3 December entitled How to: Set up For further details, please ring 0118 987 1281 Consultancy where the team will be or email [email protected] available to answer their questions’.

6 Music@reading Fake emails and you

A warm invitation is extended to all this IT Services are seeing an increasing be able to provide assistance. IT Services autumn to attend concerts full of variety number of emails that claim to come from continue to work to mitigate the threat and vitality. an “IT Services department” or “Support” caused by these emails. asking for your username, password and Pictures in Music Accounts compromised in this way can other details, and threatening action if cause email from the University to be Saturday 29 November, 7.30pm you do not reply. blocked, damage the University’s Great Hall, London Road They will often justify this by claiming reputation and put your data at risk.

Concert Band and Symphony Orchestra Bulletin | 20 November 2008 489 to have had trouble with our system Five ways to spot a fake email: share a programme which includes and need to put all the accounts back in, Britten’s Sea Interludes, Mussorgsky’s 1. It will ask for your username and stating that if you don’t respond you will tumultuous Witches Sabbath, Night on password lose your account. These are sometimes Bare Mountain and Elgar’s richly drawn 2. The use of English may be suspiciously known as “Phishing” emails. Sea Pictures. Sam Price is mezzo soprano poor, with frequent spelling and soloist for the Elgar. These emails do not come from IT grammatical mistakes. Services at the University of Reading 3. It will often have very general details, Christmas with Chorus (and others too!) and your reply will in fact go to criminal for example “Dear Webmail user” or third parties who will then use your Sunday 7 December, 4.30 pm (please “Dear University member”. note start time) account to send spam email. 4. The from address in the full headers Great Hall, London Road IT Services will never ask for your will not be “[email protected]”. Gospel Choir, Chamber Choir and password in an email. If you receive one 5. The email will often be classified as Symphony Orchestra all join Chorus of these messages and are concerned, Spam, whereas email from us will not. for a concert that looks both joyfully do not reply to the email or open any and contemplatively toward Christmas. links that it contains, but instead For additional information please see Vaughan Williams’ glowing Benedicite forward it to [email protected] or https://www.reading.ac.uk/closed/its/ is the centrepiece, around which will contact your local IT Supporter who will news/2008/ITS_Phishing_warning.asp be arrayed music by Elgar, Bob Chilcott and Morten Lauridsen, with stardust provided by Haydn’s sparkling Trumpet Centre for Staff Training & Development Concerto. James Fussey is our soloist. Programme 25 November – 5 December Oh, and don’t forget to bring your voice Places on all sessions can be booked as usual by [email protected], making a web booking at http://www.info.rdg.ac.uk/cstd/type.htm or by visiting the employee self service with you… http://www.reading.ac.uk/humanresources/employee_self_service.htm Tickets £8 / £5 concessions (OAPs, 25 November 9.30am–12.30pm Small Group Teaching students, RUMS members) available 12.45–2.15pm Disability Representatives Meeting from: Alex Richardson, a.t.richardson@ 2.30–4.30pm Undergraduate Open and Visit Days , 0118 378 5256 reading.ac.uk 26 November 10–11am A Guide to non-A level UK Qualifications 11.30am–1pm Using MCQs to Test Understanding rather than Recall 12.30–2pm Navigating the 3rd Stream: Finding funding to develop your research – leveraged funding, applied research and KTPs 1–5pm Presentation Practice using CCTV Feedback 2–5pm Writing Successful Research Proposals (Sciences) 2–4pm Blackboard: Using Blogs and Wikis 27 November 9.30am–5pm Leading Research Groups 12noon–2pm RISIS Help University public lecture 28 November 9.30am–1pm Staff Development Review; new Staff and Reviewers series 1.15–2.45pm School E learning Co-ordinators Lunch and Meeting 1 December 10am–12noon Getting Started in Blackboard Cardiovascular & metabolic disease: 2 December 9.30am–4pm New Staff Induction a 21st century problem 9.30am–12.30pm Customer Relationship Management for Student Recruitment Tuesday 13 January 2009 10–11am How to use RISIS for Absolute Beginners 8pm Palmer Building 3 December 9.30–11.30am Understanding and Interpreting Monthly Reports Professor Jon Gibbins discusses 9.30am–12.30pm Using the New University Content Management System Part 1 cardiovascular and metabolic disease 12noon–1.30pm School Directors of Teaching and Learning lunch and meeting and asks if this is an inevitable 21st 12.30–2pm Navigating the 3rd Stream “How to” Setting up a Consultancy 2–4pm Endnote for Academics century problem. Heart attacks and 2–5pm Examining and Assessing strokes are responsible for around one third of deaths each year in this 4 December 9.30am–4pm ILM Endorsed Introductory Certificate in Management module 3 2–5pm Using the New University Content Management System Part 2 country. With such a high incidence, exacerbated by an ageing population, 5 December 9.30–10.30am Data Protection: The Basics it is very pertinent to ask how medical 10.45–11.45am Freedom of Information: The Basics science can help. For details of all these courses please see www.reading.ac.uk/cstd or ring ext. 7097

7 The diary is compiled from events posted on the Events page of the University website. For fuller details and to post your own events please see http://www.reading.ac.uk/events

Wednesday 26 November Royal Statistical Society Local Group and Environmental Statistics Section Meeting, An Friday 28 November Biomolecular Sciences and Sunday 7 December afternoon of talks on Climate and Mathematics colloquium, Pharmacology seminar, Omega-3 Christmas Concert 2008, University Ecology, Harmless pastime or serious Intracellular signalling in bacterial fatty acids and their potential in of Reading Chorus, Chamber Choir, neurological injury, Dr Adina Gospel Choir and Chamber Orchestra, Bulletin | 20 November 2008 489 science? What does phenology tell us chemotaxis: From reaction diffusion Haydn: Trumpet Concerto, Vaughan about the impacts of a changing to fractional reaction diffusion Michael-Titus (Barts and the Williams: Benedicite, Music for climate? Tim Sparks (Centre for equations, Marcus Tindall London School of Medicine), AMS Lecture Theatre, 1pm Gospel Choir, Chamber Choir and Ecology and Hydrology), Salmon, (Reading), 113 Mathematics, 3pm audience, James Fussey, Trumpet, dragonflies and hotter waters: Meteorology lunchtime seminar, Stuart Dunlop, Georgina Payne Insights from the Environment Saturday 29 November The stratospheric role in the ENSO Concert, Pictures in Music, and Frances Sansom, Conductors, Agency Surface Water Temperature teleconnection to European Winter, Symphony Orchestra and Concert Tickets £8/£5 concessions (OAPs, Archive, Sophie des Clers (UCL) Nike Chris Bell, GU01 Meteorology, 1pm Band, Mussorgsky: Night on Bare students, RUMS members) Theatre, Agriculture Building, 3pm Music@Reading lunchtime Mountain, Britten: Sea Interludes, available from Alex Richardson, concert, Ivana Gavrić, Piano, G10 [email protected], 0118 Classics seminar, Topic TBA, Elgar: Sea Pictures, Sam Price, Palmer, 1.10pm 378 5256, Great Hall, London Road Marianne Bergeron (Reading), Mezzo Soprano, Rachel Willcox 4.30pm Classical Reception Studies at the and Stuart Dunlop, Conductors, Chemistry Department seminar, Synthesis of Phosphoinositide University of Reading: The Case of Tickets £8 / £5 concessions (OAPs, Monday 8 December Catullus Dr Peter Kruschwitz Analogues for Chemical Biology: students, RUMS members), , Soil Science seminar, Bioavailability Inositol Modification at both C and O, (Reading), G03 Palmer, 4pm available from Alex Richardson, in risk assessment of organic Dr Piers Gaffney (Imperial), Lecture [email protected], 0118 contaminants in soil and sediment, Public Theatre G Chemistry, 4.30pm Lecture, The Role of Corporate 378 5256 Great Hall, London Road Joop Hermens (Utrecht University), Research in an Era of Open Innovation, 7.30pm Wednesday 3 December Lecture Room 1 Soil Science, 1pm Dr Andrew Herbert (Microsoft MERL Lunchtime Network, Monday 1 December Tuesday 9 December Europe), G10 Palmer 4pm Military honours: curating the Battle Biomolecular Sciences and Meteorology seminar, An of Britain Museum, RAF Uxbridge, History of Art & Architecture Pharmacology seminar, FUR assessment of multiple westward Museum of English Rural Life, 1pm, research seminar, Museums and (Ferric Uptake Regulator) ChIP-on- propagating signals in south Pacific Admission is free but please the Imagination: An Alternative chip : Global identification of FUR sea level Angela Maharaj register in advance 0118 378 8660 Approach to Understanding binding sites on the E. coli (Macquarie University, Sydney), or email [email protected] Communication, Professor Gaynor Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre (GU01) chromosome in response to iron, Classics seminar, Historicism and Kavanagh (Cardiff School of Art & Meteorology, 12 noon Dr Nadia Abed (Reading), The D2 Design), 141 HumSS, 4pm humanism in the Homeric ‘accounts’ dopamine receptor is an oligomeric PCSO surgery and bike & mobile of Michael Longley and Christopher protein, Dr Elodie Kara (Reading), History seminar, topic tba, Anand phone markings, RUSU outside Logue, Professor Simon Dentith AMS Lecture Theatre, 1pm Menon (Birmingham), 142 HumSS, The Hub, Whiteknights, 12 noon (Reading), G03, Palmer, 4pm 4.30pm Meteorology lunchtime seminar, Environmental Biology seminar, History of Art & Architecture The Question ‘How Good Are ICMA Centre research seminar, Functional and evolutionary causes research seminar, Sartre, Nancy Simulated Water Vapour Distributions Stock Market Driven Acquisitions of extra-ordinary lifespans, Dr Joel and the Surface of Modern Sculpture, in the UTLS Region? ‘ David Livings, versus the Q Theory of Takeovers – The Parker (Southampton), G74 Philip Dr Johanna Malt (King’s College, GU01 Meteorology, 1pm UK Evidence, Alan Gregory (Exeter), London), 141 HumSS, 4pm Lyle Building, 1pm Music@Reading lunchtime G03/04 ICMA Centre, 4.30pm Soil Science seminar, History seminar, tba, Maud Bracke concert, Chamber Choir, Music for (Glasgow), 142 HumSS, 4.30pm Centre for Euro-Asian Studies Contaminated land, green rust and Christmas, G10 Palmer, 1.10 seminar, The Crisis on the Korean synchrotron radiation; solving old Centre for Euro-Asian Studies Chemistry seminar, Design of Peninsula: A Breakthrough in problems with new techniques, Sam seminar, The state of working Molecular Precursors for Inorganic Negotiations or Wishful Thinking? Shaw (Leeds), Lecture Room 1 Soil Europe 20 years after the fall of the Materials : An Inorganic Chemistry Professor Christoph Bluth, Science, 1pm wall, Dr Peter Kenway (New Policy Perspective, Professor Kieran (Leeds), 127 HumSS, 5pm Institute), 127 HumSS , 5pm Molloy (Bath), Lecture Theatre G, Chaplaincy Christmas Lecture, Chemistry, 4.30pm Thursday 27 November The Perfect Woman Gives Birth to Thursday 4 December Chaplaincy lunchtime lecture, the Spirit of God. A Muslim Light on Institute of Education open Faith in the Law? Sharia Law and Beth the Infancy Narratives. Dr Chris seminar, How Reading meets the READING FILM THEATRE Din Courts, Rabbi Alex Goldberg Hewer (St Ethelburga Fellow in needs of learners with disabilities, Palmer Theatre T (Chaplain at the University of Christian-Muslim Relations), 109 Jenny Tuck, (Reading Borough Whiteknights Surrey and Chief Executive of the Palmer, 7.30pm Council), , Junior November starting at 8pm London Jewish Forum), 105 Palmer, Area, 3.30pm Tuesday 2 December 20 Thurs Before the Rains (12A) 1pm Lunch provided Psychology & Clinical Language 26 Wed El Baño del Papa (15) Thames Valley Enterprise Hub Sciences seminar, Decoding the 3-D Construction Management and 27 Thurs Garage (18) seminar, How to make your Web brain, Andrew Welchman Engineering lunchtime seminar, Presence Recession-Proof £35 +VAT, (Birmingham), GS05 Psychology, 4pm Home sweet home: the development December starting at 8pm to register visit www.thamesvalley 2 Tues Welcome to the Sticks of a dynamic e-Business model over hub.co.uk or email info@thames Friday 5 December (12A) time, Sunila Lobo, 2n17 URS, 1pm valleyhub.co.uk, Sage House, Mathematics colloquium, 4 Thurs Miss Pettigrew Lives for Psychology & Clinical Language Wharfedale Road, Winnersh, 10.30am Comparison of Stochastic Sampling a Day (PG) Sciences seminar, Phonological Algorithms for Reservoir Model Seats: £4 for members and development in late-talking children, Uncertainty Quantification, Mike £5.50 for non-members. Christie (Heriot-Watt), 113 Tamar Keren-Portnoy (York), Further details: please phone Mathematics, 3pm 0118 378 7151, (or ext. 7151). 8 GS05 Psychology, 4pm