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  • Model United Nations

    On the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, third year student Katie Alice Doughty talks about one of Reading’s most successful initiatives! Model United Nations, or more affectionately MUN, is quite possibly the most fun and rewarding society you could… Continue reading

  • STUDY ABROAD TALKS

      Want to study abroad as part of your degree?  Not sure how to go about it? Afraid you cannot afford it? Get in touch with the Study Abroad Team and attend their talks to find all the answers!  … Continue reading

  • GCMS Summer Symposium

    By Harriet Mahood The University of Reading has a long history of excellence in medieval studies, reaching back to the early twentieth century when Sir Frank Stenton, author of Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford, 1943), was its first professor of Medieval History… Continue reading

  • Reading and Sierra Leone

    By Richard Stowell Hosting a university brings a town economic benefit alongside a certain degree of social disruption. Less perceptibly it can over time change the demographics. In the many years that Reading has welcomed students from Sierra Leone, not… Continue reading

  • Bergen-Belsen visit

    By Josef Rees Seventy years ago this April, British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. As an ambassador for the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) through my participation in the Learning from Auschwitz project whilst at school, I was invited to visit… Continue reading