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Hackers 'should fight cyber spies'
Publication date: 30 June 2011
Britain faces losing its position at the leading edge of technology unless news ideas are developed to fight cyber attacks, according to the Institute for Security and Resilience Studies based at UCL. Read: Telegraph, More coverage: Sunday Express, Scotsman,
Sowing seeds of freedom in the 'Arab Spring'
Publication date: 30 June 2011
Professor John Martin (UCL Cardiovascular Medicine) and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari have embarked on a project to bring 100 doctoral students from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya to UCL and other top UK universities. Read: Times Higher Education
Sydney's Picasso moment driven by an optimism bias
Publication date: 29 June 2011
In her recent book, "The Optimism Bias", Professor Tali Sharot (UCL Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging) argues that most people underestimate negative events, while simultaneously overestimating the likelihood of good news being just around the corner. Read: The Australian
European Court bars deportation of two Somalis from Britain
Publication date: 29 June 2011
Professor Richard Bellamy (Director of UCL's European Institute) comments on a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights which orders Britain not to deport two Somalis convicted of serious crimes. Read and Listen: Voice of America
Finding truth and beauty in data
Publication date: 29 June 2011
Dr Martin Austwick (UCL Centre for Advanced
Spatial Analysis) discusses data visualisation - turning numbers into graphs, diagrams and animations - and its applications. Read and watch: BBC News Online
UCL's Sam Tazzyman shines at Bright Club
Publication date: 28 June 2011
The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast features UCL's Sam Tazzyman, whose stand-up routine was all about sperm, his field of study. Listen: Guardian
Outraged European academics resent 'rankings'
Publication date: 28 June 2011
UCL Vice Provost Professor Michael Worton explains how the revised European Reference Index for the Humanities will make scholars aware of the range of arts and humanities journals that exist across Europe and help young academics. Read: The Guardian
Pigs and Battleships/Stolen Desire reviewed
Publication date: 28 June 2011
Professor Philip Horne (UCL English Language and Literature) reviews the movies of Japanese master Shohei Imamura. Read: Telegraph
X Factor-style search for 10 academics from generation think
Publication date: 28 June 2011
Lucy Powell (UCL English Language & Literature) is one of ten winners of a competition run by BBC Radio 3 to find a new generation of thinkers and communicators. Read: The Guardian, Read: BBC Online, Listen: BBC Radio 3's Nightwaves (from 38mins 37s)
War crimes court issues Gaddafi arrest warrant
Publication date: 28 June 2011
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) asks whether the arrest warrant for Gaddafi from the International Criminal Court speeds resolution of the conflict in Libya. Read: The Guardian, More: The Times
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