Flood warnings on the White Nile, an innovative AI teaching project and Christmas dinners for local people in need were among the work recognised at our first Vice-Chancellor's Awards, last week.

If you'd love to find out who picked up an award, see ⬇️

🔗 https://rdg.ac/4e0NU5x

New research to settle your stomach...

Reading scientists have discovered violet-blue light killed every Campylobacter strain they tested from UK poultry.

That's 64 strains of food poisoning bacteria & one blue light treatment.

Could it help make chicken safer?

Learn more: https://rdg.ac/4rRi3do

Reading remains among the UK's top 30 universities

We've ranked 27th in the UK in the THE World University Rankings 2027, with our reputation for both research and teaching growing among academics worldwide.

We're also in the global top 4% for international outlook.

Read on https://rdg.ac/47pbDbR

Some great news in the Guardian University Guide 2027

🥉 Reading is 3rd in the UK for Nutrition & Food Science
🌍 4th for Earth & Marine Sciences

And there were strong results from Chemistry and Education to Marketing & PR and Film, Production & Photography.

Find out more: https://rdg.ac/4itt9CM

A break in the clouds helped make D-Day possible.

Ahead of the release of new film Pressure, University of Reading's Prof Ed Hawkins and ECMWF reconstructed the weather conditions of 6 June 1944, showing how a few hours either way could have changed history.

Read more: https://rdg.ac/4hT1fQh

What can a chocolate bar tell us about the future of food?

A Reading student has made the first chocolate from British-grown cocoa since 1932, using cocoa from our collection of 300+ varieties.

Behind it: research into climate, food security and cocoa's future.

Learn more: https://rdg.ac/4xuAW7o