UCL in the media
Can drug testing facilities make festivals safer?
Jon Waldron, Claire Mokrysz and Meryem Grabski (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) are co-running a research project to look at the effectiveness of drug testing centres at festivals and clubs in the UK and Europe.
Read: GuardianPrehistoric Britons ate their dead and carved mysterious markings on their bones
Researchers from UCL have analysed human an animal bones from Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, finding cut-marks suggesting a ritual or symbolic purpose.
Read: Telegraph (£), More: Mail Online, Independent, Metro, ReutersHow do we take the pressure off young academics?
UCL President and Provost Professor Michael Arthur speaks about how universities can make life easier for early career academics.
Read: GuardianMoney talks in football, but all incumbents are displaced eventually
Dr Paul Ormerod (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) discusses the 'stupendous' flow of money at the top level of professional football, and speculates as to when the top placeholders will eventually be displaced.
Read: City AMThe billionaire space race
Professor Mariana Mazzucato (UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose) highlights the entrepreneurial role of public actors in the context of the race to space.
Watch: Financial Times (£) (from 9 mins 12 secs)And then there was Li
Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) hosts a radio programme focused on the power of lithium.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Discovery'Why London's tech and media workers are being wooed into relocating to Amsterdam
Ulrich Tiedau (UCL School of European Languages, Culture & Society) contextualises the movement of many businesses to Amsterdam by citing the history of Anglo-Dutch company collaboration.
Read: Evening StandardPassword guru Bill Burr regrets past advice
Dr Steven Murdoch (UCL Computer Science) calls for research into better levels of computer security advice.
Read: BBC News'Alarming' rise in early deaths of young adults in the north of England - study
Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) comments on a new study drawing further attention to the north-south divide, brandishing it 'astonishing' how persistent the inequality has been.
Read: Guardian, More: Independent, The Times (£), BBC NewsnightCan we spot when terrorism is a delusion?
Dr Emily Corner (UCL Security & Crime Science) discusses research she conducted with Dr Paul Gill (UCL Security & Crime Science) concerning the link between mental health and terrorism.
Read: New Statesman