UCL MEDIA RELATIONS

UCL's HEFCE grant for the financial year 2012-13 has been announced today as £174.3m - placing the institution in second position overall in terms of total HEFCE allocation. Read: THE More: UCL statement BBC News

UCL Qatar staff have unveiled plans for their masters degree programmes in archaeology and museums conservation studies, with the application process now underway. Read: Gulf Times

Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) co-authors genetic study showing all modern domesticated cows are descended from a single herd of wild ox, which lived 10,500 years ago. Read: Wired Daily Mail More: UCL press release

An article about the growing presence of Western universities in the Middle East references UCL’s campus in Education City, Qatar. Read: The New York Times

Research led by Professor Stephen Machin (UCL Economics) shows that a 1% increase in the number of young men who stay on at school after the age of 16 reduces crime committed by men by 1.7%. Read: The Independent

Professor Jo Wolff (UCL Philosophy) argues that as student numbers rise under-appreciated postgraduates are filling the teaching gap. Read: Guardian

Following the Prime Minister's pledge to double funding for dementia research by 2015, Professor Martin Rossor (UCL Institute of Neurology) discusses the current state of dementia diagnosis and treatment. Watch: ITV News (scroll to bottom of page), More: UCL News

Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) talks about The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright, and looks at readers' responses to the book. Read: Guardian

New research co-authored by Dr Jan-Emmanuel De Neve (UCL Political Science) shows strong relationship between happiness levels when young and higher earnings later in life. Read: Observer, More: BBC Breakfast (No URL available)

Research by Dr Eamon McCrory (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) shows the neurological impact on children of domestic violence is similar to soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder. Read: Independent on Sunday