Latest Social & Historical Sciences News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/soc_and_hist_sci_viewer/rss Neil I Martin 2006-09-05T09:42:36Z Institute of Archaeology unveil monolith in Gordon Square http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0613/05062013-IoA-unveil-monolith-in-Gordon-Square UCL Institute of Archaeology has installed a monolith in Gordon Square to celebrate 75 years of leading global archaeology. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-06-05T12:35:25Z Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England questions central bank power http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0613/04052013-Sir-John-Gieve-inaugural-lecture The former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England has highlighted the current power of central banks five years on from the financial crisis. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-06-04T10:47:54Z UCL Institute of the Americas launches innovative international relations masters http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0613/04052013-new-international-relations-msc The first degree in the UK to focus on inter-American and Latin/North American global relations has been launched by the UCL Institute of the Americas. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-06-04T10:37:53Z UCL academic honoured by Indian government http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/24052013-Padma-Shri-awarded-to-UCL-academic Professor Christopher Pinney (UCL Anthropology) has been awarded the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India for his contributions to Literature and Education. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-05-24T08:38:52Z Viking jewellery sheds light on dark period of British history http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/16052013-vikings-jewellery 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. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-05-16T15:04:13Z Dig This! UCL masters students at the Geffrye Museum http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/050513-Dig-This-Geffrye-museum-garden 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. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-05-09T13:57:17Z UCL Festival of the Arts: Q&A with Professor Jonathan Wolff http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/290413-UCL-Festival-of-the-Arts 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. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-04-29T13:59:29Z UCL and NYU Wagner announce pioneering joint Global Executive MPA http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/290413-UCL-and-NYU-Wagner-announce-Global-Executive-MPA 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. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-04-29T09:54:20Z Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/190413-sounds-of-ucl-winners-panoramas 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. RSS Feed Lara J Carim 2013-04-19T07:48:00Z Ancient pool of warm water questions current climate models http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/030413-climate-model-pliocene-pool-of-water 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. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-04-04T08:53:24Z Organisation trumps size in primate brain evolution http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/270313-primate-brain-evolution 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.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-03-27T10:26:42Z Call for proposals: UCL–French Embassy science and technology workshops http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/20130326-french-embassy-workshops UCL researchers are invited to submit funding proposals to run collaborative science and/or technology workshops as part of the UCL–French Embassy partnership. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2013-03-26T16:30:01Z UCL Open Access Guidelines and Publishing Guide http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/13032013-open-access-guidelines-publication-policy UCL guidelines on open access and a publishing guide are available to UCL researchers. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2013-03-13T12:34:48Z Exhibition explores different perspectives of Iraq war on 10th anniversary http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/130312-iraq-war-exhibition 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. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-03-12T10:34:52Z Rewriting the story of Stonehenge http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/130311-stonehenge 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. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-03-11T16:22:11Z Photography exhibition explores faith in West London http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/13022013-faith-in-suburbia 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.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-02-13T10:02:16Z Born to lead? Leadership can be an inherited trait, study finds http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0113/15012013-leadership-genetics Genetic differences are significantly associated with the likelihood that people take on managerial responsibilities, according to new research from UCL (University College London). RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-01-15T14:03:11Z Record number of Marie Curie Fellowships for research at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1212/181212-Marie-Curie-Fellowships 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. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-12-18T12:47:46Z Warming climate unlikely to cause extinction of ancient Amazon trees http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1212/14122012-amazon-trees 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. RSS Feed Ed Nash 2012-12-14T09:53:31Z Gift will make historic Greek manuscripts accessible to all http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/29112012-stavros-niarchos-gift 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. RSS Feed Ed Nash 2012-11-29T12:20:41Z UCL Grand Challenges £5,000 grants available http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/20121123-grand-challenges-grants-available The UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme invites applications to fund cross-disciplinary projects in Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-12-06T15:08:49Z UCL News podcast: Bletchley Park, Flaxman Galleries and Captain America http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/121123-UCL-News-podcast-bletchley-park-flaxman-captain-america 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.  RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-11-23T12:46:58Z Heavy rains replenish groundwater supplies in Africa http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/13112012-rains-replenish-african-groundwater Intensive rainfall in East Africa can result in widespread flooding but may have a silver lining in the form of replenishing vital groundwater supplies. RSS Feed Ed Nash 2012-11-13T11:29:34Z UCL Research Frontiers Contest results http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/06112012-research-frontiers-contest-results 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. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-11-06T13:21:36Z Terracotta army craftsmen pioneered Toyota-style industry http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1211/01112012-terracotta-army-toyotism 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. RSS Feed Ed Nash 2012-11-01T15:35:32Z