UCL in the media
Asean focus on 'world-class' universities 'comes at local cost'
Professor Simon Marginson (UCL Institute of Education) says focusing government funding on 'world-class' universities may come at the detriment to other institutions and the wider system as a whole.
Read: THE (£)Anxiety linked to a higher risk of dementia in old age
Dr Natalie Marchant (UCL Psychiatry) has authored a study finding that people with moderate to severe mid-life anxiety may face a greater risk of dementia in later life.
Read: Reuters, More: Times (£), Telegraph, Sun, SBS News, Express, UCL News, Telegraph (2), Newsweek, Irish Times, YahooHas economics failed?
Professor Mariana Mazzucato (UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose) contributes to a discussion about whether economics has failed, arguing the definition of 'value' should be reconsidered.
Read: FT (£)Humans will always be better teachers than robots, say pupils
Professor Rose Luckin (UCL Institute of Education) comments on the use of AI in the classroom and recent survey findings, according to which significant majority of sixth-formers think a human being is a better teacher than a robot could ever be.
Read: TES (£)ClassDojo: do we really need an app that could make classrooms overly competitive?
Dr Sandra Leaton Gray (UCL Institute of Education) criticises the classroom app ClassDojo, saying she is concerned with its potential to label children as well as its dedication to an educational theory called 'growth mindset'.
Read: GuardianOrwell's take on destitution, live from Paris and London
A live theatrical event focused on Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London will be staged this June as part of UCL's Festival of Culture.
Read: GuardianHow universities were swept into the 'hostile environment'
Professor Peter Scott (UCL Institute of Education) outlines the ways the 'hostile environment' against illegal immigrants in the UK has manifested itself in public institutions and services - in particular, universities.
Read: GuardianSocial media and racial prejudice
Dr Harry Farmer (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) interrogates racial prejudice by way of the 'rubber hand illusion' test.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Discovery' (from 17 mins 13 secs)Five amazing ways redesigning biological cells could help us fight cancer
Dr Chris Barnes (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) and Alex Fedorec (UCL Computer Science) set out five ways that synthetic biology could help treat cancer in the future.
Read: The ConversationThere are three ways out of the Irish border impasse.
Dr Peter Leary (UCL Institute of Advanced Studies) writes in a comment piece that failure to prevent the return of a hard border in Ireland will mean reneging on the very first agreement struck between Britain and the European commission.
Read: Guardian