UCL in the media http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines-viewer/rss UCL News provides the latest news and information from London's Global University Nick Dawe 2011-03-02T15:05:02Z Introduce standard cigarette packets now http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/180513-plain-tobacco-packaging The argument for plain tobacco packaging is clear—it would save lives—and the arguments used against it are false, argues Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health). Read: BMJ UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-20T11:01:34Z Mafia Republic: Italy’s Criminal Curse by John Dickie http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/180513-Mafia-Republic-Book-Review UCL Italian Professor John Dickie's new book shows that the strength, scale and endurance of the country’s three main Mafias are sadly representative of Italy’s broader weaknesses, writes Bill Emmott. Read: Times (£) UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-20T10:40:04Z To tackle child sexual exploitation, prevention is better than new law http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/170513-tackling-child-sexual-exploitation Prosecution should be a last resort for child sexual exploitation. Funds would be more usefully channelled towards harm reduction, achieved through better prevention, detection, and victim-support initiatives, writes Ella Cockbain (UCL Security & Crime Scienc). Read: Independent UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-20T10:51:06Z Contact time a matter of degree http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/160513-university-contact-time 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 UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-16T12:35:25Z Japan's politicians have a problem with 'comfort women' http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/150513-gender-awareness-training-for-Japanese-conservative-politicians 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 UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-15T14:18:58Z Verdict on juries: placing blind trust in them helps no one http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/150513-cheryl-thomas-jury-research 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 UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-15T12:18:26Z Extreme science: Two doctors united to research high altitude and aerospace http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/150513-Xtreme-everest-Nasa-Grocott-Fong 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 UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-15T12:13:52Z Consciousness: Why aren't we all zombies? http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/150513-consciousness Professor Geraint Rees (UCL Psychology) and Professor Chris Frith (UCL Institute of Neurology) comment on the benefits of consciousness. Read: New Scientist UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-20T10:24:13Z Why don't we live in space yet? http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/140513-why-dont-we-live-in-space "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 UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-15T14:15:35Z How philosophy could help Iain Duncan Smith http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/140513-philosophy-education-policy 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 UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-15T10:32:01Z What's the best way to teach languages? http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/140513-linguistics-teaching-languages-hyperpolyglot "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) UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-15T08:51:57Z Web searches for symptoms will be monitored to spot outbreaks of infections http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/120513-web-searches-monitores-to-spot-outbreaks 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 UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-14T15:07:00Z 'Miming' brain helps humans to learn how to speak, scientists find http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/130513-miming-brain-helps-humans-learn-to-speak “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 UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-15T13:25:00Z Returning to the Idea of the Liberal Arts http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/120513-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 UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-13T12:37:32Z Get studying, girls, and help me retire to Mars http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/120513-sapce-science-gender-bias As America and China race to the Red Planet, it's time to stop seeing science as a boys' subject, says Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock (UCL Physics & Astronomy). Read: Sunday Times (£) UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-14T14:54:17Z Good manager’s life is full of contradictions http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/120513-unintended-consequences-good-leaders Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Psychology) discusses his “Seven Secret Paradoxes of Professionally Upward People". Read: Sunday Times (£) UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-14T14:38:26Z Skateboarders form village green preservation society for Southbank http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/100513-Southban-skateboard-park-preservation-society Professor Iain Borden (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) comments on attempts to declare the skate park at the Southbank Centre a village green in response to plans to redevelop it into retail units. Read: Guardian More: Sunday People (no link) UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-13T14:25:11Z What Happens In Your Brain When You Inhibit Emotions? http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/090513-what-happens-brain-when-inhibit-emotions Professor Patrick Haggard (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) co-author of the paper said: “Most studies of emotion processing in the brain simply assume that people passively receive emotional stimuli, and automatically feel the corresponding emotion. In contrast, the area we have identified may contribute to some individuals’ ability to rise above particular emotional situations." Read: Medical Daily More: UCL News UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-15T12:38:21Z Pear shaped nucleus found http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/090513-pear-shaped-atom-found "We can use these weirdly shaped nuclei to test matter-antimatter asymmetry," said Professor John Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy). Listen: BBC Radio 4's Material World (from 14 mins) UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-10T08:41:09Z What was a ball from Pride and Prejudice really like? http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/090513-dancin-ball-from-Pride-and-prejudice-recreated "I always laughed at Mr Collins for being such a terrible dancer, and Elizabeth suffering the first two dances with him," said Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature). Watch: BBC More: BBC Two's Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-13T10:58:54Z Science and Engineering South Consortium http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/090513-southeast-SES5-research-heavyweights-deny-ganging-up Professor David Price (UCL Vice Provost: Research) comments that a new research alliance that includes UCL and four other top research universities will permit successful bids for funds that its members would not be able to win individually. Read: THE More: UCL News UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-13T10:18:20Z UK’s Olympic Park wants £1bn UCL project http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/090513 Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, and the owners of the Olympic Park are preparing to woo University College London to build its £1bn “University Quarter” on the former site of the Games. Read: FT UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-09T09:53:18Z Extraordinary Materials http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/090513-Institute-of-making Dr Zoe Laughlin (UCL Institute of Making) demonstrates hydrophobic sand, gecko tape, uranium glass and other materials from the Institute of Making. Watch: ITV's This Morning (from 1 hour, 7 mins) More: STV UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-10T08:59:59Z What can UK learn from Spanish high speed rail? http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/080513-high-speed-rail "It's very difficult to prove a link between building high speed rail lines and closing regional inequalities," said Professor John Tomaney (UCL Bartlett School of Planning). Read: BBC UCL News Rosie Waldron 2013-05-09T16:19:13Z UCL seeking new site for Stratford campus http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/052013/070513-UCL-seeking-new-site-for-Stratford-Campus UCL is seeking a new site for its £1 billion Stratford campus after abandoning a joint proposal with Newham Council. 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