Latest Laws News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws_viewer/rss Neil I Martin 2006-09-05T09:29:42Z Almost a quarter of jurors confused about rules on internet use during a trial http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/150513-jury-profect-internet-use-cheryl-thomas Almost a quarter of jurors (23 per cent) are unclear about the rules surrounding internet use during a trial, according to preliminary research led by Professor Cheryl Thomas (UCL Laws). RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-05-16T09:42:54Z Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/190413-sounds-of-ucl-winners-panoramas What sounds make up London’s global university? UCL Communications has announced the winners of its ‘Sounds of UCL’ competition, which invited staff and students to capture ambient audio clips that reflect the life of UCL. RSS Feed Lara J Carim 2013-04-19T07:48:00Z Call for proposals: UCL–French Embassy science and technology workshops http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/20130326-french-embassy-workshops UCL researchers are invited to submit funding proposals to run collaborative science and/or technology workshops as part of the UCL–French Embassy partnership. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2013-03-26T16:30:01Z UCL Open Access Guidelines and Publishing Guide http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/13032013-open-access-guidelines-publication-policy UCL guidelines on open access and a publishing guide are available to UCL researchers. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2013-03-13T12:34:48Z Record number of Marie Curie Fellowships for research at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1212/181212-Marie-Curie-Fellowships 23 postdoctoral researchers from 14 different countries have been awarded Marie Curie Individual Fellowships. The awards will enable researchers to spend up to two years working with research teams across all schools at UCL. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-12-18T12:47:46Z UCL Grand Challenges £5,000 grants available http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/20121123-grand-challenges-grants-available The UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme invites applications to fund cross-disciplinary projects in Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-12-06T15:08:49Z UCL Research Frontiers Contest results http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/06112012-research-frontiers-contest-results The results of the UCL Research Frontiers contest have been announced, celebrating the fact that curiosity-driven discovery and analysis has been a feature of UCL from its foundation. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-11-06T13:21:36Z UCL Behaviour Change Month – November 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/23102012-behaviour-change-month-grand-challenge-human-wellbeing UCL Behaviour Change Month in November 2012 will comprise a series of cross-disciplinary talks, discussions and workshops, and lead up to a £10,000 research prize workshop in January 2013. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-10-23T13:29:58Z UCL Discovery downloads surpass 2m http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1210/05102012-Discovery-open-access-downloads The total number of papers, reports and PhD dissertations downloaded from UCL Discovery , the university’s Open Access repository, surpassed 2,000,000 during September 2012. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-10-05T14:30:46Z Record support for early career researchers  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1209/05092012-record-support-early-career-researchers Researchers at UCL have been awarded a total of 17 Starting Grants by the European Research Council (ERC), the highest number awarded at UCL under a single funding call to date. These grants have a total value of €21.6 million.  RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale Ruth Metcalfe 2012-08-30T11:54:46Z Confirmation and Clearing 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1208/16082012-confirmation-and-clearing-2012 UCL is pleased to announce that it has filled all its places for 2012 entry to its undergraduate degree programmes. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-08-16T09:29:52Z Director-Designate of the UCL European Institute sought http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1207/120710-european-institute-director-post The Office of the UCL Vice-Provost (Research) invites applications from UCL academic staff for the post of Director of the UCL European Institute, to succeed Professor Richard Bellamy. The appointee will shadow Professor Bellamy in 2012/13 and take over in August 2013 for a three-year period. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-07-10T12:00:14Z New applications for UCL Provost’s Venture Research Fellowship invited http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1206/20120622-applications-for-venture-research-prize-invited Dr Nick Lane (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) addresses one of the most fundamental questions: how did complex life arise? He does so as the inaugural UCL Provost’s Venture Research Fellow, a programme for which new applications are invited. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-06-22T09:50:54Z UCL Vice-Provost responds to Open Access report http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1206/19062012-vice-provost-finch-response Implementation of the Finch Report on Open Access would "cripple university systems with extra expense", responds Professor David Price, UCL Vice-Provost (Research). RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-06-20T13:59:04Z Richard Moorhead becomes UCL’s first Chair in Law and Professional Ethics http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/02042012-richard-moorhead-joins-ucl-laws Professor Richard Moorhead, a highly-respected voice in legal education and legal aid, has been appointed as the first Chair in Law and Professional Ethics at UCL. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-04-02T12:37:11Z UCL News podcast - 1 March 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/01032012-UCL-news-podcast UCL News has launched a new podcast to give you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-03-02T11:51:46Z Freshfields and UCL launch new scholarships to tackle social mobility http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/February2012/20022012-freshfields-ucl-law-scholarship International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has entered into a partnership with the UCL Faculty of Laws to provide two scholarships per year for law students from socially and economically less privileged backgrounds. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-02-20T10:07:54Z New Year Honours List http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/January2012/01012012-UCL-New-Year-Honours Three UCL staff and several members of UCL’s alumni community have been recognised in the 2012 New Year Honours list. RSS Feed Neil D Rodger 2012-01-06T16:02:50Z UCL News review 2011 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111223-ucl-news-review The past year at UCL has seen a landmark larynx transplant, a lecture from Noam Chomsky, simulated missions to Mars and a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, among many other groundbreaking developments. UCL Communications has created the digital review of the year below: click on the images to discover more. RSS Feed Nick Dawe Nicholas Dawe 2011-12-22T09:47:27Z UCL Research Strategy published http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111213-UCL-Research-Strategy-published The 2011 UCL Research Strategy calls for a transformation of the understanding of the role of our comprehensive research-intensive university in the 21st century. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2011-12-14T10:16:54Z UCL lecturer shortlisted for Law Teacher of the Year Award http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1110/26102011-ucl-laws_teacher-of-the-year-Guilfoyle Dr Douglas Guilfoyle (UCL Laws) has been shortlisted for the Oxford University Press Law Teacher of the Year Award. RSS Feed Neil D Rodger 2011-10-26T14:19:32Z UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants available http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1109/11091902 Up to £5,000 per project is available to UCL staff through the 2011 UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme. The closing date for applications is 18 November 2011. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2011-09-19T15:07:48Z Major award for Transcribe Bentham crowdsourcing scheme http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1105/11052701 Transcribe Bentham , a pioneering ‘crowdsourcing’ scheme that involves members of the public in transcribing papers from the vast collection of philosopher Jeremy Bentham, has received the Award of Distinction from the Prix Ars Electronica, the world’s foremost digital arts competition, it was announced today. RSS Feed Dominique Fourniol 2011-05-27T11:22:58Z Professor David Price: The case for research collaboration http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1103/11032502 At this week’s Guardian HE Summit 2011 session on ‘The Future of Research Funding’ Professor David Price, UCL Vice-Provost (Research), set out some thoughts on research collaboration between universities in the UK. Below he offers some further reflections. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2011-03-25T14:17:08Z Competition, Law and the State Conference, 18/19 March http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1103/11031601 How is competition law impacting on governments across the world? That is the key question a major international conference, being held at Hong Kong on 18 and 19 March and attended by senior policy makers from around the world, will seek to address. RSS Feed Dominique Fourniol 2011-03-16T13:39:06Z