University of Reading

University coat of arms

The University of Reading was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, and received its royal charter as a university in 1926. Its main campus is at Whitenights Park, about two miles south of Reading town centre. Its departments include the Henley Business School.

LGBT societies

There was a Reading Students CHE Group in the 1970s.

Alumni and staff

• Peter Campbell, founder of LGBTory (professor)
• Sir George Mowbray (President of the University Council)
• Lynette Nusbacher
• John Wolfenden, Chair of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (Vice-Chancellor)