Yesterday, the government confirmed that Step 4 of the roadmap is likely to go ahead on 19 July. As such, we’re undertaking a review of our current control measures at UoR this week.
Today, all over the world, people are sharing the climate stripes - providing a stark warning of how the planet is heating up.
Download the stripes in your area: https://t.co/iAbVcw1oD9
#ShowYourStripes
The planet is warming due to human activities, primarily burning fossil fuels & deforestation.
Climate change is happening here & now, and is already affecting everyone. The consequences will get worse for each bit of further warming.
#ShowYourStripes https://t.co/NCt3GNpeSN
We're celebrating 100 Years of Psychology at Reading 🎉 with a week of free virtual events for students, staff, and the public. All looking at what the next 100 years of psychology could bring! Events running from 21st to 25th June! Find out more here: https://t.co/3I2rfkP4ae
Students with take home online exams: Be sure to allow plenty of time to submit your work ahead of the submission deadline which closes for 23 hour online exams at exactly 09:00 UK time. Beyond this time, you will be unable to submit your work. See: https://t.co/n2BHNIOFrj
We've launched our new Community Fund in partnership with @J_S_Foundation - offering up to £50,000 of financial support to projects that will benefit the people and community of #rdguk.
Read the full story: https://t.co/xNmb6qdPbV
#UniForReading
#WorldMetDay2021 is focused on "The Ocean, Our Climate and Weather". As the UK's only dedicated university Meteorology department, we've led the way in research in atmospheric, ocean and climate science.
Visit https://t.co/CABM7bDFLo to find out more.
#UoRGlobal#climatescience
LET'S TALK - A FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 🌎 💬
This past year has been tough for many international students, with limited opportunity to meet new people. We’ve teamed up with our fantastic International Society to deliver 2 free sessions for international students:
⭐ STAYING CONNECTED, MEETING NEW PEOPLE⭐
FRIDAY 12TH MARCH, 6-7PM GMT
Join your International Society and Diversity Officer for this relaxed event aimed at allowing international students to meet each other and network.
⭐ LOOKING AFTER YOUR MENTAL WELLBEING⭐
FRIDAY 19TH MARCH, 4-5PM GMT
This session will explore how you can keep on top of your mental wellbeing.
Both sessions will be on zoom. The links to join are available on our website: https://t.co/WR9YGoYpJ3
This International Womens Day, we celebrate the women who make the impossible possible every day. We have a huge range of content around #iwd2021♀️ across all the #UoR channels as well as events across the month of March to look forward to: https://t.co/icOjkUKqGc
Togetherall is a free online support community that you can access 24/7 🙌🙌
If you would need some extra support with your Mental Health, why not give @Togetheralluk a try? You won't be disappointed!😁🙏🙏
Find out more ⤵️
https://t.co/Nm05QYkv0i
This week, we will be giving away 100 TOTUM cards for FREE! All you have to do is log in to the RUSU website in the next 72 hours at https://t.co/hWQEQuxkmy
We want to test our system ahead of the upcoming voting period to ensure all students can log in and cast their votes.
Following yesterday’s email to all students and colleagues, we’ve now received all legal regulations from the government on lockdown. We’re working to understand and implement the regulations as fast as we can. We’ll be sending further updates via email in the coming days.
Tomorrow, we'll be going offline until Monday, January 4th, for the University's closure period. Until then we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
On Saturday, the Prime Minister announced new restrictions for England, coming into effect from yesterday morning. As we’ve mentioned before, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire are now under Tier 4 restrictions.
Heading home for Christmas? Students and colleagues can book a free COVID-19 test at our on-campus Rapid Testing Centre. Appointments are fully booked for Friday, but we have spaces available today and tomorrow.
Book now 👉 https://t.co/q63OZJvsFC
Last week, we shared our plans to help UoR students get home for Christmas.
Today we have an update on testing for students:
🔴 We're launching a free on-campus COVID-19 rapid testing service in the Sports Hall for all students on 1 December.