UCL in the media
Whatever happened to parent-led free schools?
Dr Rob Higham (UCL Institute of Education) makes comments on the existing political climate for free schools.
Read: TES (£)Beowulf: The enduring appeal of an Anglo-Saxon 'superhero story'
Professor Andrew Burn (UCL Institute of Education) comments on the contemporary relevance of Beowulf and a project he led whereby students were tasked with transforming the Beowulf story into a video game.
Read: BBC News'Teachers need to be involved in ed tech development'
Professor Rose Luckin (UCL Institute of Education) says a lot of companies developing AI do not know much about teaching and learning, or what it is like to be a teacher in the classroom.
Read: TES (£)Biodiversity and the new Temperate house at Kew
Professor Kate Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) discusses the importance of biodiversity at the opening of the new Temperate house at Kew Gardens.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 1 hr 20 mins)Car insurance companies could control your car in the future, here's why
Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies) sets out how the testing of driverless cars can be sped up.
Read: ExpressIs the High Street finished?
Matthew Hopkinson (UCL Geography) joins a discussion about whether the High Street is finished and whether we still need it.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Money Box' (from 3 mins 44 secs)Breast screening: Is the NHS programme working?
Dr Nora Pashayan (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) comments on the possible effects of a computer error whereby 450,000 women were not invited to a final NHS breast cancer screening appointment.
Read: BBC NewsEcstasy pills could help cure PTSD
Dr Michael Bloomfield (UCL Psychiatry) comments on a new study suggesting that giving soldiers with PTSD MDMA alongside talking therapies could help with their recovery.
Read: Times (£), More: Business Insider, Sydney Morning Herald, Sky News, Daily Mail, Reuters, Independent, ITV NewsTick and mosquito infections are spreading rapidly
Dr Nicholas Watts (UCL Institute for Global Health) says warmer weather is spreading disease in many wealthy countries, including Britain where tick diseases are expanding as summers lengthen.
Read: New York Times, More: Boston Globe (£)Office-to-resi conversions producing 'poor-quality housing', report warns
Dr Ben Clifford (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) has led a report examining the impact on residential housing of the extension of permitted development rights in England.
Read: Architects' Journal (£), More: UCL News