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Archive of Media headlines
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Would students be better going to US?
Publication date: 29 July 2011
Vice-Provost (International) Professor Michael Worton makes the case for staying in the UK to go to university, rather than travelling abroad. Read: The Times (£) More: UCL News
Student refuses fees refund by UCL in course quality row
Publication date: 28 July 2011
A former student of the MSc in clinical and public health nutrition at UCL raises concerns about the course, which were then addressed by the Academic
Committee Review Panel. Read: Times Higher Education
Body shop: artificial organs - the medical revolution
Publication date: 28 July 2011
An interview with Professor Alex Seifalian (UCL Research Department of General Surgery) whose groundbreaking work into artificial organs made from polymers recently led to the first synthetic trachea transplant. Read: Evening Standard
Shouting science from the soap box
Publication date: 27 July 2011
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock (UCL Physics & Astronomy) and Dr Sue Black (UCL Computer Sciences) take part in Soapbox Science with the aim of challenging the public's view of women and science. Read: New Scientist More: Guardian, Independent
Why are we so good at recognising our own facial expressions?
Publication date: 27 July 2011
Richard Cook (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) on why we are better at spotting our own facial expressions on an avatar than the expressions of our friends. Read: Guardian
Lucian Freud: What has made his family so successful?
Publication date: 27 July 2011
Professor Marcus Pembrey (UCL Institute for Child Health) discusses whether genetics play a part in a family's success, specifically in reference to the Freud family. Read: BBC News Online
Professor John Evans
Publication date: 27 July 2011
Obituary of Professor John Evans (1925-2011) a former director of the UCL Institute of Archaeology. Read: The Times (£)
Captain America - patriotic superhero
Publication date: 26 July 2011
Dr Jason Dittmer (UCL Geography), a specialist on nationalist superheroes, offers his take on the new Captain America film. Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Front Row'
Crime writing has its Lady Chatterley moment
Publication date: 25 July 2011
Professor John Sutherland (UCL English Language & Literature) on English and Swedish crime writing. Read: The Times (£)
Sorry, science says once you get fat, you will always stay fat
Publication date: 25 July 2011
Professor Nick Finer (UCL Medicine) comments on research suggesting that weight loss through diet and exercise is extremely difficult to maintain. Read: The Sunday Times (£) More: Daily Mail
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