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Viking jewellery sheds light on dark period of British history

George Wigmore — 2013-05-16T14:47:07Z

The presence of Scandinavian-style female jewellery in Britain has overturned the idea that the Viking conquest of England was an all-male affair, suggesting that in fact large numbers of women travelled over from the Scandinavian homelands.

Dig This! UCL masters students at the Geffrye Museum

Rosie Waldron — 2013-05-09T13:42:42Z

Masters students from the UCL Institute of Archaeology are collaborating with the Geffrye Museum on an exciting project about gardening and happiness in the urban home.

UCL Festival of the Arts: Q&A with Professor Jonathan Wolff

George Wigmore — 2013-04-29T13:56:49Z

With the UCL Festival of the Arts running from 7 - 17 May, UCL News spoke to Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy), Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, about the festival, and the importance of celebrating the arts at the time when many courses at other institutions are under threat.

UCL and NYU Wagner announce pioneering joint Global Executive MPA

George Wigmore — 2013-04-29T09:36:35Z

UCL’s School of Public Policy and NYU Wagner have announced today an innovative new one-year Executive Master of Public Administration in Global Public Policy and Management (Global EMPA) that will equip tomorrow’s leaders with the skills to deal with complex global issues and policy decisions. Applications open later this year and the program will start in the autumn of 2014.

Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas

Lara J Carim — 2013-04-12T15:34:09Z

What sounds make up London’s global university? UCL Communications has announced the winners of its ‘Sounds of UCL’ competition, which invited staff and students to capture ambient audio clips that reflect the life of UCL.

Ancient pool of warm water questions current climate models

Rosie Waldron — 2013-04-03T15:18:44Z

A huge pool of warm water that stretched out from Indonesia over to Africa and South America four million years ago suggests climate models might be too conservative in forecasting tropical changes.

Organisation trumps size in primate brain evolution

George Wigmore — 2013-03-27T10:08:04Z

The evolution of anthropoid primates, including monkeys, apes and humans, over the past 40 million years was largely driven by brain reorganization, and not brain size, according to new research from UCL.

Call for proposals: UCL–French Embassy science and technology workshops

Nicholas W Tyndale — 2013-03-26T16:27:19Z

UCL researchers are invited to submit funding proposals to run collaborative science and/or technology workshops as part of the UCL–French Embassy partnership.

UCL Open Access Guidelines and Publishing Guide

Nicholas W Tyndale — 2013-03-13T12:15:54Z

UCL guidelines on open access and a publishing guide are available to UCL researchers.

Exhibition explores different perspectives of Iraq war on 10th anniversary

George Wigmore — 2013-03-12T10:21:19Z

An art exhibition opening this week at UCL brings together six works by artists from Iraq and Britain to explore different experiences of the Iraq war on the 10th anniversary of the invasion.

Rewriting the story of Stonehenge

George Wigmore — 2013-03-11T16:14:57Z

Archaeologists have found that the original Stonehenge was a graveyard for a community of elite families built 500 years earlier than the site we know today.

Photography exhibition explores faith in West London

George Wigmore — 2013-02-13T09:48:11Z

A photography exhibition opening this week in Gunnersbury Park Museum in Ealing is the outcome of a remarkable collaboration between senior citizens from six different faith communities in West Ealing and Hanwell.

Born to lead? Leadership can be an inherited trait, study finds

George Wigmore — 2013-01-15T13:49:28Z

Genetic differences are significantly associated with the likelihood that people take on managerial responsibilities, according to new research from UCL (University College London).

Record number of Marie Curie Fellowships for research at UCL

Nicholas W Tyndale — 2012-12-18T12:42:31Z

23 postdoctoral researchers from 14 different countries have been awarded Marie Curie Individual Fellowships. The awards will enable researchers to spend up to two years working with research teams across all schools at UCL.

Warming climate unlikely to cause extinction of ancient Amazon trees

Ed Nash — 2012-12-14T09:38:51Z

New genetic analysis has revealed that many Amazon tree species are likely to survive man-made climate warming in the coming century, contrary to previous findings that temperature increases would cause them to die out.

Gift will make historic Greek manuscripts accessible to all

Ed Nash — 2012-11-29T11:59:14Z

A grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will create an online digital library containing rare books and art works related to Greek history and culture which will be available to everyone, across the world.

UCL Grand Challenges £5,000 grants available

Nicholas W Tyndale — 2012-12-06T14:58:01Z

The UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme invites applications to fund cross-disciplinary projects in Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing.

UCL News podcast: Bletchley Park, Flaxman Galleries and Captain America

Clare S Ryan — 2012-11-23T12:38:57Z

The UCL News podcast gives you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening.

Heavy rains replenish groundwater supplies in Africa

Ed Nash — 2012-11-13T11:19:03Z

Intensive rainfall in East Africa can result in widespread flooding but may have a silver lining in the form of replenishing vital groundwater supplies.

UCL Research Frontiers Contest results

Nicholas W Tyndale — 2012-11-06T13:10:34Z

The results of the UCL Research Frontiers contest have been announced, celebrating the fact that curiosity-driven discovery and analysis has been a feature of UCL from its foundation.

Terracotta army craftsmen pioneered Toyota-style industry

Ed Nash — 2012-11-01T14:54:18Z

The most comprehensive analysis of the Terracotta Army’s weapons has revealed that the craftsmen responsible for arming the 7000 warriors, chariots and horses followed a sophisticated labour model now associated with Toyota, the world’s biggest car maker.

High emigration has led to better wages for many in Poland

Ed Nash — 2012-10-31T10:16:36Z

Extensive emigration from Poland, which started in the late 1990s, has contributed to wage growth for high and intermediate skilled workers who remained in Poland. However, unskilled workers did not see any increase in wages as a consequence. These changes in wages are explained by the fact that most emigrants leaving Poland had high or intermediate levels of education.

UCL Behaviour Change Month – November 2012

Nicholas W Tyndale — 2012-10-23T13:13:00Z

UCL Behaviour Change Month in November 2012 will comprise a series of cross-disciplinary talks, discussions and workshops, and lead up to a £10,000 research prize workshop in January 2013.

Policy seminars to feature Jack Straw, Gus O’Donnell, John Gieve, Jonathan Powell

Ed Nash — 2012-10-18T12:14:31Z

The School of Public Policy’s departmental seminar series for the autumn and spring terms will feature all of the School’s Visiting Professors, as well as several high profile names from British politics.

Gus O’Donnell and John Gieve to become Visiting Professors

Ed Nash — 2012-10-16T10:29:55Z

Former chief civil servant Lord (Gus) O’Donnell and Sir John Gieve are to become visiting professors in the Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy.