UCL MEDIA RELATIONS

Cristina Odone, former editor of the Catholic Herald, criticises the UCL Union for advising that any future event focusing on the issue of termination needs to have both an anti- and pro-choice speaker, along with an independent chair, to ensure there is a balance to the argument. Read: Telegraph

Professor John Kelly (UCL Research Department of General Surgery) talks about how to treat bladder cancer. Read: Daily Mail

Professor John Sutherland (UCL English Language & Literature) says that if it’s a way of packaging things for modern times, then it’s rather bad. Listen: BBC Radio 4 Six O’clock News (from 27mins)

The teaching of complementary medicine has no place in British universities, says Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Division of Biosciences). Read: Telegraph (1) More: Telegraph (2)

Dr Patrick Lewis (UCL Molecular Neuroscience) comments on a study showing that Parkinson's and Alzheimer's could be caused by an accumulation of iron in regions of the brain. Read: Chemistry World

Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health) says fake cigarettes contain "high levels of toxic heavy metals". Read: BBC News

“Our subjective sense that our map is three-dimensional is illusory,” says Professor Kate Jeffery (UCL Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences). Read: Scientific American More: UCL press release

“We don’t need new molecular advances in the medicines for asthma,” says Dr Sara Hamilton (UCL Institute of Child Health). “The problem is using the medicines.” Read: Boston Globe

It has become popular to deride the health-and-safety lot. But when you see a broken aircraft in a field, you begin to appreciate the whole point, says Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Health Psychology). Read: Sunday Times (£)

Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) talks about Small World by David Lodge, and looks at readers' responses to the book. Read: Guardian