From moving to the UK, to starting up his own business, to becoming a finalist in the Study UK Alumni Awards 2024. Uni of Reading, Sushan Peiris, shows us just how transformative education can be.

Read on to find out more about his journey: bit.ly/4cDZkd7

The Uni of Reading's affiliated angel network, Henley Business Angels, is currently open for applications.

Are you seeking equity for your start-up? Apply by Monday 22 April.

👉Find out more: bit.ly/3U4uP8Y

📢 Road closures - Sun 14 April 📢

The Reading Half Marathon is taking place on 14 April, meaning that roads across Reading, including those into and out of campus may be shut between 9:30 and 12:30.

Find out more rdg.ac/3TJu2sN

@ReadingHalf

During February, our wonderful team of 45 Uni of Reading students called alumni to connect with them and ask them to consider contributing to the Student Support Fund.  In a remarkable show of support, our community donated over £47,000.

Read on: bit.ly/3VGBHKT

Inspired by their time at the Uni of Reading and their travels around the UK, Nichola set up winning project that brings awareness of Scottish culture to Brazil.

Hear what our Study UK Alumni Award winner had to say: bit.ly/3xlNswt

We're back after a lovely break and ready to jump back into sharing your stories and memories!

What are your favourite wildlife photos from Reading? Or did you get any great wildlife snaps over the weekend?

The University will be closing for the Easter break from Thursday 28 March - Wednesday 3 April. We look forward to reconnecting with you in April and hopefully bringing you even more photos of blue skies from our Campus.

📚 Congratulations to Uni of Reading English Literature and Creative Writing @UoR graduate, Bea Fitzgerald, on being shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2024.

Bea was nominated for her novel, 'Girl, Goddess, Queen'. Read about the books shortlisted & the winners - waterstones.com/the-waterstone…

We hope everyone in our alumni community had a very happy Holi.

It's #WorldPoetryDay , don't you know?
And, we've student work here to show.
We're totally smitten,
with these poems they've written.
Leave yours in the comments below. 💬

rdg.ac/3vnlu2C

(Note: Don't worry, theirs are far better...)

Huge congratulations to Felix Weaver & his Thiiia business in winning the 2024 #justIMAGINEif Award & £100k research grant from Uni of Reading with his music-assisted rapid-learning system, powered by generative AI, combining academic materials with music & storytelling. Awesome!

Felix Weaver's Thiia has been announced as this year’s best sustainable business idea as part of #justIMAGINEif ...2024.👏 Felix will now receive up to £100,000 of research support from the @UniOfReading and Henley Business School to develop Thiia further. @justimagineifuk

Time for another story in honour of #WomensHistoryMonth - discover how Reading graduate Carl Asamoah's not-for-profit organisation is supporting girls in Africa to acquire the IT skills needed to be tomorrow's STEM leaders.

Read the story here - bit.ly/3v5e43T

Welcome to Greenlands - a home of Henley Business School and host of the just IMAGINE if finals.

Today, we find out this year's winner! #justimagineif

reading.ac.uk/just-imagine-i…

Uni of Reading Henley Business School just IMAGINE if... Paul Lindley OBE Piers Linney

CONNECTED spoke to another inspirational woman from our alumni community in honour of #WomensHistoryMonth - University of Reading alumna and European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides.

Read her story here - bit.ly/3PktzMb pic.twitter.com/Mke9YVzUkZ

The Reading School of Art finalists are raising funds to make their final degree show happen! But they need your help.

They would be very grateful for any donations towards their crowdfunding campaign, or spreading the word of this project. Find out more reading.hubbub.net/p/rsadegreesho…

Continuing our #WomensHistoryMonth celebrations, CONNECTED spoke to Archaeology graduate Caroline Sloan about her career in the space sector, and why she is a passionate advocate for overcoming stereotypes in the workplace.

Read her story here - bit.ly/4ab4QlD

📢📢📢 Under a week to go!

Join us at our Master's Virtual Open Day and find out how you can shape your future with one of our courses.

Thursday 21 March, 10:00am - 15:00pm GMT
Online
Sign-up now: bit.ly/3IqMXmL

Over 1,000 pupils in Berkshire and Oxfordshire are to receive 'Resilience Rucksacks' to help them cope with the changes of moving up to secondary school.

Learn more at rdg.ac/3wNsMNB

#UniMentalHealthDay

Excited to be speaking to Uni of Reading students who are interested in careers in NGO’s, Environment and Conservation this afternoon!

Incredibly proud to be an alumnus of the first placed university in the UK for #Sustainability 🌍