University of Reading

The University of Reading is one of the UK’s leading research universities – a global institution that enjoys a world-class reputation for research, teaching and enterprise. The University was established in 1892, received its Royal Charter in 1926, and is now a leading force in British and international higher education. With five campuses across three continents, the University is now home to 1,700 academic and research staff and 19,000 students from more than 150 countries.

The University conducts research across a wide variety of areas and is particularly celebrated as a world leader in areas such as agriculture, biological sciences, built environment, European histories and cultures, meteorology and climate change, and social sciences – including via Henley Business School.

The University is committed to pursuing research excellence between and across academic areas, with more than 50 interdisciplinary research institutes and centres, many of which are recognised as international centres of excellence.

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Andrew Garfield as the ploughman and the battle of Sluys during the hundred year war, as depicted by Jean Froissart in the 15th century. Entertainment Film Distributors/National Library of France

Andrew Garfield plays a ploughman in The Uprising – but the real medieval rebels weren’t all peasants

Our research has traced the background of hundreds of people connected with the revolt.
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Burnham delivered honesty and emotion – but what about the promises? Our experts assess his plans

The prime minister wants fixing the crisis in social care to be the defining mission of his premiership.
Detail from The nuns’ procession to mass from the Yates Thompson manuscript. British Library Board/Canva

Quand les religieuses prêtaient de l’argent : l’influence méconnue des couvents sur l’économie viennoise

Bien avant l’apparition des banques modernes, la Vienne médiévale reposait sur un vaste marché du crédit. Et parmi ses acteurs les plus fiables figuraient des communautés de religieuses, devenues des prêteuses incontournables.

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