CommUnityLatest University news and events for our local community

October 2008

Cleaning up your carbon footprint Public Lecture Series 2008–09, see back cover

Reading University Students’ Union’s GLOBE (Go Local On a Better Environment) group is set to expand this year by increasing its membership and programme of activities. Their new venture, Reading in Bloom – Student Homes, is being launched in late October.

This project aims to brighten the front gardens of student properties with tubs and pots of spring bulbs. Students will be encouraged to get planting in November and will be offered starter kits of bulbs, pots, seeds and compost. Judging will take place in Spring 2009.

If you have any spare equipment or surplus bulbs RUSU would be delighted to accept them for the project.

This year, as well as doing a street clean once a term and continuing ground clearance and gardening at the Ridgeline Garden, the group would like to help individuals with their own gardening.

of kindness or good neighbourliness, of a more spontaneous nature.

The prize(s) may be awarded to individual students, specific groups of students or student households.

Nominations are sought from local residents, University staff and students, or local organisations and should normally be made without the student(s) knowledge.

GLOBE group grows from strength to strength

The University is launching the Student Community Award this October, aimed at rewarding students’ voluntary effort.

Every year hundreds of students give up their spare time to help out in schools, community centres and local charities.

This award, of up to £250, is for those who are not recognised through accredited schemes but for those who make a contribution to their local community, or for acts

Student Community Award

If you are an older person or someone whose mobility is restricted and would like some gardening help, please get in touch with the RUSU volunteer co-ordinator, Adam Bailey 0118 378 4119 to arrange a visit. www.rusu.co.uk

The closing date for nominations is 14 March 2009. Forms are available from Ann Westgarth 0118 378 4479 or can be downloaded at www.reading.ac.uk/sca

Welcome to CommUnityCommUnity is a biannual publication bringing you news about what the University of Reading has to offer and how its many activities bring positive benefits to local residents, schools and businesses.

Inside CommUnity you will find out how we are intending to build on our established reputation by improving our facilities through our ambitious development programme.

See how we are raising the attainment of hundreds of schoolchildren in Berkshire through our Aim Higher programme and extending this influence through our involvement in Stemnet.

Read about the voluntary work our students undertake.

Find out about our stimulating programme of free Public Lectures on topical subjects, delivered by experts in their field. Enjoy the wide range of exciting children’s activities offered by our museums or use them for your own research.

Join our new programme of Continuing Education courses, reflecting international concerns and connections.

Visit our excellent SportsPark or get fit on one of our guided Whiteknights walks.

Watch a film in Palmer Building or drop in to a lunchtime music concert.

Please view our website for further news and information www.reading.ac.uk

We welcome your comments or enquiries about any of our activities or those of our students. Please get in touch with Ann Westgarth (Community Relations Manager) on 0118 378 4479 a.westgarth@reading.ac.uk

The University of Reading has been awarded a contract to manage a Science and Engineering Ambassador Scheme (SEAs) aimed at encouraging more young people to enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics related careers at all levels.

We are looking for local people who are working in the fields of

Help inspire others – science ambassadors neededScience, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) to inspire the future workforce and to dispel some of the myths associated with scientists and engineers.

Dr Rachel South who is managing the scheme said:

“Our ambassadors work in many different areas of the public and private sector and are able to

pass on their enthusiasm and knowledge to future generations. They are terrific role models, who give their time and energy free of charge, in many different ways. They might run interactive sessions in schools, attend career fairs, give tours of their workplace, help with classroom activities or get involved in clubs or

competitions, choosing their own level of involvement.”

Widening Participation inspires local young people to consider university as an option.

The recent report by the National Audit Office (NAO) on widening participation in higher education provides evidence that progress is being made in encouraging pupils from under-represented groups to continue their studies into higher education.

The University of Reading was one of only seven higher education institutions nationwide visited by the NAO as part of their search into good practice behind this report. It shows that the work we are doing here is making a real difference to young people on an individual basis.

Through our Widening Participation Schemes, around 12,000 young people every year come into contact with higher education at Reading. We provide opportunities for them to access university facilities, to experience life on campus, and we send out our students into schools as mentors and ambassadors for higher education. We see our role as inspiring young people to consider university as an option, wherever they choose to study.

The Aimhigher programme, Making Progress, devised by the University’s Head of Widening Participation, Carole Ebsworth, targets pupils aged 14–17 in all

Widening Participation26 Berkshire state secondary schools with below average attainment at GCSE. Around 98 per cent of participants of this scheme have no parental experience of higher education. The scheme supports pupils through mentoring, taster days and a three-day Easter School at the University, among other initiatives. Subsequently, 79 per cent of the participants achieved five A*–Cs at GCSE in comparison with an average of 36 per cent in their home schools.

Also, we run a proactive scheme of student volunteering in over 40 local schools, a number of summer schools, a comprehensive range of activities aimed at inspiring young scientists of the future as well as many other events on campus and in schools and colleges which aim to introduce young people to the benefits of higher education.

There is still a long way to go and we can’t cover all the factors that might determine what someone decides for their

future, but our experience shows that by working intensively with young people we can help to improve their attainment and thereby significantly influence their future educational and career opportunities.

www.reading.ac.uk/wideningparticipation

If you are interested in becoming a Science and Engineering Ambassador (SEA) please get in contact by email seas@reading.ac.uk or visit www.stemnet.org.uk to find out more about the programme.

Pupils from Berkshire dealing at ICMA Stock Market Challenge

The University of Reading is proud to have played its part in Great Britain’s fantastic 2008 Olympic Games success, with its students and alumni combining to add three medals to the team’s impressive haul.

Battling it out in Beijing were four members of the University Boat Club (RUBC) and Reading alumnus Jonty Clarke, part of Great Britain’s men’s hockey team.

Making waves in the water were current PhD student Anna Bebington and alumni Debbie Flood (2004), Ric Egington (2002) and Natasha Page (2007).

In the double sculls, Anna and her rowing partner Elise Laverick claimed a terrific bronze medal, staging a spirited fight back during the second half of the race and finishing just 0.23 seconds behind the winners from New Zealand. Debbie Flood and her team-mates in the quadruple sculls put in a sterling performance picking up a superb silver medal and Richard Egington won silver in the men’s eight. Natasha Page and her women’s eight crew finished in a well earned fifth place, a fantastic achievement considering the team suffered a disruption early on race day, when illness forced the substitutions of two of the crew.

University shines at Beijing OlympicsAway from the water, the Great Britain men’s hockey team which included Jonty Clarke just failed to reached the semi-finals, and play Korea in the fifth-sixth place classification match.

Iain Akhurst, Director of Sports and Recreation at the University of Reading said:

“Congratulations to all University of Reading representatives that competed in the Games. They are a wonderful inspiration to our current and future students hoping to make the Great Britain team in the 2012 London Olympic Games.”

The University of Reading SportsPark is pleased to announce that after a highly competitive consultation process, its application to be featured in the London 2012 Pre-Games Training Camp Guide has been successful.

In the weeks and months leading up to London 2012 and Paralympic Games, athletes from around the world will be training and preparing for the competition. Some will choose to do this in their home countries, but some will use

SportsPark wins race to be in Olympic training guidefacilities in the Pre-Games Training Camps such as the SportsPark in and around the UK.

“The University is extremely proud to play a part in what is going to be a momentous year for sport in the UK,” said Iain Akhurst, University Director of Sports and Recreation. “It’s a testament to the excellent facilities on offer that LOCOG has chosen Reading as a possible training camp for teams competing in the biggest sporting event in the world. A big thank you to all parties that

contributed to the successful outcome, especially Reading Borough Council, whose support throughout the process was enormously beneficial.”

You too can enjoy these superb facilities. Situated near the Shinfield Road entrance to the University, the SportsPark is open to staff, students and members of the public. For more details visit: www.sport.reading.ac.uk

Anna Bebington, Olympic Bronze medallist

Debbie Flood, Olympic Silver medalist with James Cracknell, Olympic Gold medalist, University of Reading alumni, at the opening of the new SportsPark facilities in February 2007

University SportsPark

Children from the University of Reading Pre-school were sponsored to walk round a half mile course at the University’s Whiteknights campus, some in fancy dress, in June.

The children always enjoy a chance to explore the wildlife near their pre-school at Earley Gate, so this was a perfect opportunity to combine a fun walk with supporting a very

Sponsored toddle

worthwhile cause. The route included crossing the lake which was a good excuse for two duck-feeding stops. Later the sight of meadowland inspired impromptu recitations of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt ‘uh oh, long wavy grass . . .’

The money raised went to Barnardo’s work with disadvantaged young children in or around our local area.

Pre-schoolers proudly show the certificates they were awarded for their sponsored walk.

Enjoy the beautiful Whiteknights campus by joining a led walk each week on Monday mornings, 10–11am.

The University is taking part in the Reading Walk Your Way To Health – Community Walks Scheme which is aimed at increasing the number of people walking to both improve health and meet new people.

Weekly walks are offered at different venues throughout Reading and are led by trained volunteers. To join the Whiteknights campus walk, meet at Foxhill Gate entrance (top of Eastern Avenue) at 10am.

Walk your way to healthThe scheme is marketed through doctor’s surgeries and health professionals to particularly encourage people who would gain from the health benefits of walking, as well as to the wider public.

For further information contact Kayleigh: 0118 901 5712 email Kayleigh.hodges@reading.gov.uk or see all the Reading walks at www.reading.gov.uk/Documents/cultural-leisure/Sportand Activity/ReadingWalksFlyers.pdf

The University of Reading Pre-school has been established for

almost 30 years and has built

up an excellent reputation.

It provides learning through

play for three-five year olds, five

mornings a week,

9.15–12 noon. Children are

welcome, both from the local

community, and those whose

parents work or study at the

University.

For information on how

to register visit www.

universityofreadingpreschool.

co.uk

Volunteers walk leaders’ training session

Now in its twelfth year Barnardo’s Big Toddle has thousands of children taking part across the UK. The projects they support include play schemes for children with disabilities, family centres and parenting classes.

The successful merger of the University of Reading and Henley Management College on 1 August has created a ‘global powerhouse’. The new Henley Business School at the University of Reading is now a major player in the business education market, and potentially, the largest business school in Europe.

New business school

The University of Reading is working with Partnerships for Renewables (PfR) to explore the feasibility of siting wind turbines on its land around Rushy Mead, south of the M4 between junctions 10 and 11.

The work carried out so far suggests that the site could potentially accommodate up to five wind turbines with a generation capacity of between two and three megawatts each and a tip height of up to 125 metres.

PfR has carried out some basic feasibility studies and is now carrying out a more detailed review of the site which includes:

establishing the locations of microwave and radio

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Potential for wind turbinestelecommunication links;

assessing any effects on aviation;

carrying out an initial noise assessment;

modelling the local wind resource; and

investigating the best way to get wind turbines to the site.

Planning permission has recently been granted by Wokingham Borough Council to erect a monitoring mast which will add to data about wind speeds at the site.

Members of the public are invited to discuss the project at forthcoming exhibitions in Lower Earley, Shinfield and Arborfield in November.

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Professor Tony Downes, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, greets Chris Bones, Dean of the Henley Business School

The new Business School has brought together the University’s internationally rated research capability, including expertise in real estate management, sustainability and financial market trading with the global reputation of Henley Management College in

delivering management and leadership education.

Henley Business School will operate between the University’s Whiteknights campus and the Greenlands campus at Henley. On the Whiteknights campus, a new extension to the ICMA Centre will open this autumn and a

new purpose-built home for the Henley Business School, housing the schools of Real Estate and Planning, Management and Economics will open in Spring 2009.

Chris Bones, Dean of the Henley Business School, said: “Our new Henley Business School will make a real difference in the formation and development of the next generation of managers across the globe.”

Tony Downes, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University, said:

“Students, academics and corporate clients alike will enjoy the benefits of the incredible diversity and expertise at the Henley Business School at Reading. The synergy between the University’s academic and research strength in finance, business, management and real estate with the world-renown of Henley’s MBA and executive courses, as well as their expertise in thought leadership, promises to make the Henley Business School a new global powerhouse in the field of business education.”

See www.rushy-mead.co.uk for further details

We have been working with a team of consultants since 2006 to prepare a comprehensive Development Plan for the Whiteknights Campus. The University has now finalised this plan following extensive consultation.

The Development Plan sets out proposals for a number of important development projects in the next ten years which will strengthen the University’s reputation as an international centre of educational excellence. It was submitted to Reading and Wokingham Borough Councils in August 2008 to provide the contextual background to individual planning applications.

Accompanying the Development Plan are a number of supplementary documents including a Sustainability Appraisal Report,

Whiteknights Development Plan – FinalisedTransport Assessment, and an Environmental Statement. All of the documents can be viewed, on request, at the FMD offices by contacting Rhiannon Vaughan on 0118 378 8300.

In addition, a Public Consultation Responses report details the feedback received during the consultation and also accompanies the finalised plan.

In August 2008, the University submitted the first planning application to Wokingham Borough Council, emanating from the Development Plan, for pedestrian, cyclist and three short sections of single-carriageway service route to improve internal connections on the campus. This includes a new cross-campus route over the lake on the site of the current Friends Bridge, which is designed with limited vehicle access only and includes a

public footpath. The creation of a lake crossing is central to the successful delivery of the University’s Catering Strategy and aspiration to attract improved public transport penetration through the Campus – it will be of sufficient width to accommodate a public bus and public footpath. The final chosen location of the bridge reflects the results of a number of environmental surveys and feedback from the consultation process.

A further planning application to both Reading and Wokingham Borough Councils for the first phase of Halls Redevelopment, subject to a public consultation in July 2008, is now being submitted. The exhibition showing the proposals for the Halls was visited in person by 170 people and all current students were emailed with an on-line link to

For updated information please visit www.reading.ac.uk/about/about-local.asp

the exhibition inviting their response to the plans.

We would like to thank all those who took the trouble to respond in person or electronically. That feedback is being considered in the final stages leading to the forthcoming planning application and will shortly be made available for viewing.

Traction engine owner, Roy Green, from Caversham, is one of eight volunteers who have recently completed a steam engine archives project called

‘Heavy Metal’, at the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL), owned by the University of Reading.

Between them, the volunteers have listed more than 10,000 drawings by steam engine manufacturer, Charles Burrell & Sons to create a new catalogue for steam enthusiasts and researchers to use.

CommUnity met Roy to find out moreWhat’s your background?

I came from a farming family. My father farmed and I helped out on the farm. At the age of 12, I was expected to drive the Fordson tractor all day.

I then became a premium apprentice at Plenty of Newbury, a steam marine

Volunteers get into Heavy Metalengineers. The apprenticeship involved me spending time in every department from the foundry, tool room, machine shop, fitting and erecting shops to the drawing office. Once there they offered me a job as a draughtsman.

Later I served in the Army, in the Royal Engineers, in Liphook in Hampshire before continuing my career as a draughtsman at Thornycroft, a marine diesel engine manufacturer, in Caversham.

How did you get involved in volunteering at MERL?

It was through the Road Locomotive Society – I’ve been a member for 40 years. The Secretary knew my interest in traction engines and that I’d been a draughtsman.

What’s your commitment as a volunteer?

I come to MERL at least once a week for a whole day. I’ve been on this project for more than a year.

Describe what work you do with the other volunteers.

We have been putting together a list of all the Charles Burrell & Sons drawings in the collection. Some of the volunteers type the drawing descriptions on to computer, while others like myself, help with conservation work.

During this project, we’ve also been trained on handling delicate archives properly and conservation techniques, such as putting fragile drawings into protective sleeves.

What do you enjoy most?

Working with the archives and the group. You meet different characters and they are all so interesting. Everyone has something to contribute.

For me it’s a study of drawings – I can picture how the draughtsman did them.

What would you say to someone thinking of volunteering?

It’s fulfilling and gives you something to think about. For this type of volunteering, you’ve got to like the museum atmosphere.

I find it very rewarding – meeting people, having a chat with the other volunteers and also what we’re working on.

Could you volunteer?The University of Reading’s

has three Museums: the

Museum of English Rural Life,

the Ure Museum of Greek

Archaeology and the Cole

Museum of Zoology.

If you are interested in

learning some different skills

and making new friends, why

not consider volunteering?

There is no requirement to

have particular qualifications,

and you would be very

welcome whether you’re aged

18 or 88.

To find out more, call the

Volunteer Co-ordinator on

0118 378 8660 or email

UMASCSvolunteers@reading.ac.ukRoy Green working on drawings at MERL

The University of Reading’s Museum of English Rural Life is delighted to announce that this year’s Annual Lecture will be given by Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE, Director-General of the National Trust.

In Farming and a sustainable countryside: how do we meet the challenge?, Dame Fiona will discuss the National Trust’s vision for farming which recognises the crucial importance of sustainable land management to future water supply, carbon storage, biodiversity and quality of life – as well as food production. With 1,763 Farm Tenancy Agreements, the Trust has a vital role to play in meeting the

biggest challenge for the future of the countryside: climate change and its impacts.

The lecture takes place at 5pm on Tuesday 21 October in the Great Hall on the London Road Campus. It is open to all and free to attend, but a ticket is required.

Director-General of National Trust to give Annual MERL Lecture

Wantage Hall’s Centenary

For further information, please contact the Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX, call 0118 378 8660, email merlevents@reading.ac.uk or visit our new website at www.reading.ac.uk/merl where you can also find details of our full programme of events this term.

Wantage Hall, situated at the corner of Upper Redlands and Redlands Roads, has been given Grade II listed building status in the year it celebrates its 100 year old anniversary.

Opened in 1908, Wantage is believed to be the first English purpose-built student hall of residence since the Oxford and Cambridge colleges. It has a distinctive clocktower and lawned quadrangle. English Heritage described the building as ‘a handsome and intact hall of residence in a Tudor style with an interesting quadrangle plan-form, quality materials and detailing’.

The hall was donated to the University in 1908 by Lady Harriet Wantage in memory of her husband Lord Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage.

Wantage Hall is not only renowned for its tradition, but also for its facilities. These include the dining hall which is often likened to Hogwarts from the Harry Potter books, lined with portraits of Lord and Lady Wantage as well as portraits of various Vice-Chancellors of the University.

The Wantage Society held a 100th Year Alumni Anniversary Dinner on Saturday 13 September. Guests included the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Tony Downes and his wife, alumni from New Zealand, a lady from the Class of 1971 (the first year Wantage accepted girls) and alumni from Class of 1949.

Wantage Hall is available as a venue for weddings during August. Visit www.fmd.reading.ac.uk

This year’s programme offers courses ranging from understanding genomes to making sense of middle eastern politics, modern languages and management courses and has been designed to link to contemporary issues across a broad range of subject areas.

Over 200 new courses are included in the University of Reading’s School of Continuing

Education programme for 2008–09. Typical of the exciting programme is a course on the India-Pakistan conflict (history); Klimt in Context (art) to tie in with the major exhibition at Tate Liverpool; an examination of contemporary literature by authors such as William Boyd or the link between nutrition and herbal medicine.

Chiara Cirillo, University of

Reading Short Courses Director, said: “Every year, more than 2500 people from our local area join our courses, benefitting from the expertise of the University and high calibre teaching. Our courses are open to everyone – there are no entry qualifications – and are designed for both career and personal development.

“We hope that our students will

New Short Courses tackle contemporary issuesenjoy the injection of contemporary topics into the portfolio. We want our courses to not only inspire and inform, but to offer an insight into what’s happening in the world today.”

More details are available at www.reading.ac.uk/conted or in the prospectus.

ISBN (978 0-9558921-0-3)

Redlands Primary School PTA has published a recipe book to help raise funds. The book contains over a hundred mouth watering global recipes, which reflect the special occasions celebrated by the school where food is shared, such as, Harvest Festival, Eid, Diwali, Christmas and the International Evening.

This beautifully illustrated book was designed and typeset by the University’s Design and Print Unit.

Priced at £9.99, it is available from the school, 0118 901 5527 and from the Co-op (Erleigh Road), Reading Stained Glass, RISC, The Big Plant Nursery and Cham Chan café.

Redlands Primary School Recipe Book

Christmas CardsMany thanks to all of you who entered the University Christmas card photography competition.

The winners were Richard Joliffe for the view of Park House taken in March 2008 and Mark Taylor for the Mandarin ducks on Palmer Pond.

Many thanks to Waterstones for providing gift token prizes.

The cards are for sale at £4 per pack of 10 from room 110 or 115, Blandford Lodge, Whiteknights. Payment by cheque or cash for the correct amount please.

Enquiries: 0118 378 8006

This November, Carolyn Lyle from the University’s Department of English and American Literature will direct a modern revival of The Tamed Tamer, a sequel to Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

In Shakespeare’s classic tale, the protagonist Petruchio turns the feisty Kate into a submissive wife. Are his methods harsh and brutal, and is the play itself politically incorrect when it presents Kate’s submission as a happy ending? Has she been truly tamed, anyway?

According to The Tamer Tamed, written by John Fletcher in 1610, Kate quarrelled constantly with Petruchio until she died. Maria, Petruchio’s new wife, decides to succeed where Kate failed.

Egged on by Kate’s sister Bianca, Maria takes Petruchio on in a rapidly escalating battle of wits: no weapon is too dirty or dangerous to use. She wins every round and finally breaks Petruchio’s spirit. Maria is supported by a rebellion of all the women, who mount a terrifying demonstration of female solidarity, drunkenness, aggression, and lust. Meanwhile, her younger sister Livia schemes to avoid marrying an old man she hates, and win the hand of a young man she loves. All women, it seems, can and should get their own way.

Women get their own back in The Tamer Tamed

The Tamer Tamed, Progress Theatre, The Mount, Reading (off Christchurch Road) 7.45pm, Thursday 20 to Saturday 29 November, 2008. Tickets £10, concessions available: Hexagon Box Office 0118 960 6060 or at Progress on the night.

www.progresstheatre.co.uk

Reading Film Theatre (RFT) is an independent cinema based at Whiteknights campus, University of Reading. Run by volunteers, it aims to show high quality films such as art-house cinema, foreign language films and films by cult directors.

It is one of the few places in Reading where you can see films such as Motorcycle Diaries, Hotel Rwanda, Son of Rambow and films by directors such as Mike Leigh, Quentin Tarantino and Gus Van Sant.

RFT was established in 1970 with financial support from several organisations and the University of Reading. By 1990

Reading Film TheatreRFT became totally self-financing – relying on the valuable support of volunteers, ticket sales and a little bit of advertising revenue – to keep the programme going. It is thought that RFT is the only truly independent art-house cinema in the country running in this way.

RFT takes place in the Palmer Theatre which has 400 comfortable, raked seats and a state-of-the art Dolby sound system.

Tickets can be bought on site for films on the night. Members £3.50, non-members £5. Annual membership is £8.

Autumn Film ProgrammeOctober Tuesday 7 Happy-Go-Lucky 15 7.45pmWednesday 8 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 15 8pmThursday 9 Gone Baby Gone 18 8pmWednesday 15 Persepolis 12A 8pmThursday 16 The Edge of Love 15 8pmTuesday 21 The Visitor 15 8pmWednesday 22 The Orphanage 15 8pmThursday 23 Son of Rambow 12A 8pmTuesday 28 Couscous 15 7pmThursday 30 Lars and the Real Girl 12A 8pm

November Wednesday 5 My Brother is an Only Child 15 8pmThursday 6 Puffball 18 7.45pmTuesday 11 Death Defying Acts PG 8pmWednesday 12 Heartbeat Detector 12A 7.15pmThursday 13 Somers Town 12A 8pmTuesday 18 Mongol 15 7.45pmThursday 20 Before the Rains 12A 8pmWednesday 26 El Baño del Papa 15 8pmThursday 27 Garage 18 8pm

DecemberTuesday 2 Welcome to the Sticks 12A 8pmThursday 4 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day PG 8pm

Steve Webb and Jennifer Evans in rehearsal

For information on how to become a member: 0118 986 8497 or email us at rft@reading.ac.uk

www.readingfilmtheatre.co.ukPersepolis showing in October

Family activities at the Ure MuseumSuperstitious EgyptiansFind out about some of the many superstitions and beliefs held by the Ancient Egyptians. Design and make your own Egyptian style amulet to ward off evil or bring good luck.

Tuesday 28 October, 2–4pm

Death and the UnderworldJoin Ure Museum staff in this Halloween event and learn about the ghosts, vampires and werewolves of Ancient Greece. Make your own paper stained glass window to take home.

Friday 31 October, 2–4pm

Music@Reading Showcase Concert 2008

Friday 17 October, 7pm

University of Reading Symphony Orchestra, Concert Band, Flute Choir, Brass Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Chorus, Chamber Choir, Gospel Choir

Great Hall, London Road

A free concert (booking advisable) by all of the University ensembles to celebrate the start of the year.

Music@Reading Lunchtime Concerts

Music@Reading Lunchtime Concerts feature a diverse mix of magnificent music from both our own students and visiting professionals.

Lunchtime Concerts are held every Tuesday during term-time from 1.10 to 1.50pm

Free – no ticket required, please come along and enjoy!

Pictures in Music

Saturday 29 November, 7.30pm

Symphony Orchestra and Concert Band

Great Hall, London Road

Mussorgsky: Night on Bare Mountain Britten: Sea Interludes Elgar: Sea Pictures

Sam Price, Mezzo Soprano Rachel Willcox and Stuart Dunlop, Conductors

Tickets £8/w£5 concessions (OAPs, students, RUMs members)

Christmas Concert 2008

Sunday 7 December, 4.30pm

University of Reading Chorus, Chamber Choir, Gospel Choir and Chamber Orchestra

Great Hall, London Road

Haydn: Trumpet Concerto Vaughan Williams: Benedicite

Music for Gospel Choir, Chamber Choir and audience

James Fussey, Trumpet Stuart Dunlop, Georgina Payne and Frances Sansom, Conductors

Tickets £8/£5 concessions (OAPs, students, RUMs members)

All tickets available from Alex Richardson, a.t.richardson@reading.ac.uk 0118 378 5256

For programme/venue details, please visit www.reading.ac.uk/music

Music@Reading

8pm Palmer BuildingWhiteknights Campus, University of Reading

Contact: Carol Derham 0118 378 8004 publiclectureseries@reading.ac.ukwww.reading.ac.uk/publiclectureseries

For both events admission: £3 per child, adult goes free. Children aged 6+

Jennifer Allison 0118 378 6990 email ure.education@reading.ac.uk