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16 May 2013: Contact time a matter of degree
Development of personalised learning by harnessing technological
advances is going to transform higher education. But it will require
substantial, long-term investment, says Professor Stephen Caddick. Read: Guardian More: The Conversation
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15 May 2013: Japan's politicians have a problem with 'comfort women'
Gender awareness training for Japanese conservative politicians is long overdue, and Osaka's mayor should be first up, says Dr Maki Kimura (UCL Political Science). Read: Guardian
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15 May 2013: Verdict on juries: placing blind trust in them helps no one
Almost a quarter of jurors in England and Wales currently misunderstand the restrictions on internet use during a trial, according to research led by Professor Cheryl Thomas (UCL Laws). Read: Guardian More: UCL News Times Telegraph FT BBC
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15 May 2013: Extreme science: Two doctors united to research high altitude and aerospace
In 2000, Nasa enthusiast Dr Kevin Fong and mountaineer Professor Mike Grocott decided to join forces to investigate the body’s response
to extreme conditions. They established the Centre for
Altitude, Space and Extreme Environment Medicine (CASE Medicine) at
UCL. Read: Metro
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14 May 2013: Why don't we live in space yet?
"Large-scale, very expensive space activities such as human missions have been hard to justify," explains Dr Jon Agar explains (UCL Science & Technology Studies). Read: BBC More...
14 May 2013: How philosophy could help Iain Duncan Smith
Our difficulty is that there are several different plausible conceptions of fairness, and they can point in different directions, says Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy) has a few ideas. Read: Guardian More...
14 May 2013: What's the best way to teach languages?
"What we're moving towards now is teaching which still has the aim of
producing fluent language speakers but with a lot more emphasis on making children
aware of how the language actually works," said Professor Richard Hudson (UCL Linguistics). Read: Guardian More: Guardian (2)
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13 May 2013: Web searches for symptoms will be monitored to spot outbreaks of infections
A new Interdisciplinary Research Centre led by UCL will develop
mobile health technologies that allow doctors to diagnose and track diseases
much earlier than ever before. Read: Independent More: UCL News
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13 May 2013: 'Miming' brain helps humans to learn how to speak, scientists find
“There is a really critical interaction between the parts of the brain processing sound and those parts that are used to produce the same sound," says Dr Joe Devlin (UCL Cognitive, Perceptual & Brain Sciences). Watch: Telegraph
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13 May 2013: Returning to the Idea of the Liberal Arts
Dr Carl Gombrich (UCL Arts & Humanities), discusses the new UCL Arts and Sciences (BASc) programmes.
“We’ve exceeded our expected applications by 25 percent,” he said. Read: New York Times
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