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12 children in Everest trek for intensive care experiment
Publication date: 1 May 2013
“The testing we are doing is a world first, because at high altitudes we can isolate the effect of low oxygen on otherwise healthy children,” said Dr Mark Peters (UCL Institute of Child Health). Read: Evening Standard
Disputed results a fresh blow for social psychology
Publication date: 1 May 2013
Professor David Shanks (UCL Cognitive, Perceptual & Brain Sciences) is lead author on a paper that reports failure to replicated intelligence priming experiments. Read: Nature
Anschütz’s manometer
Publication date: 30 April 2013
Insecurity is one of the greatest drivers of human invention, writes Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry). Read: Chemistry World
Why do we struggle with seizures?
Publication date: 30 April 2013
“If children get the right diagnosis they are likely to do much better. Having access to the right care is very important,” said Professor Helen Cross (UCL Institute of Child Health). Read: Express
UCL seventh in major university league table
Publication date: 30 April 2013
UCL came seventh in a table of UK universities published by the Complete University Guide. Read: Telegraph Huffington Post South Wales Argus Varsity
UCL Qatar shows backstage work of a museum
Publication date: 30 April 2013
As part of the Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture celebrations, an exhibition by UCL Qatar, Backstage, explores the work that goes on behind the scenes in a museum. Read: The Peninsula
Scandal of the university students who get fewer than 100 hours' teaching a year
Publication date: 30 April 2013
History students at York spend 8% of their course in
lectures and seminars but at UCL they receive more than triple the time. Read:
Mail on Sunday More: The Yorker
Why sermons on company values win few converts
Publication date: 30 April 2013
THE more an organisation trumpets its values, the more insecure it seems to be about them, writes Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Pyschology). Read: Sunday Times (£)
