UCL in the media
Less privileged teenagers more likely to give up on university ambitions
A new report, authored by Dr Jake Anders (UCL Institute of Education), finds that early intervention to maintain and raise expectations could increase the number of teenagers from less privileged backgrounds entering higher education.
Read: TES, More: Schools Week, UCL NewsHeritage and preservation
Dr Haidy Geismar (UCL Anthropology) talks about the perspectives that helped her in writing her book, which elucidates the indigenous interventions in cultural and intellectual property.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Thinking Allowed' (from 14 mins 27 secs)Were the natives of Stone Age Briton really wiped out by the Beaker people?
According to Dr Marc Vander Linden (UCL Institute of Archaeology), there was a large scale migration to British Islands which reduced the population of native Stone Age people.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Making History' (from 14 mins 47 secs)Less austerity will always mean more tax
Visiting Professor, Paul Ormerod (UCL Psychology and Language Sciences), explains the difference between social and economic austerity, and what each means in practice.
Read: City AMThird of all anti-terror cases are far-right extremists
Dr Paul Gill (UCL Security & Crime Science) says that the term 'lone wolf' unintentionally glorifies the individuals it is applied to, and that we should focus on negating its use.
Read: Huffington PostAre medicine leaflets misleading the public?
Dr Louise Brown (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL) comments on a new report by the Academy of Medical Sciences which says that there is too much focus in information leaflets on the potential side effects of medicine, over the health benefits.
Read: BBCHealth inequality: TB, Trauma and Technology
Professor Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) explains how health and life expectancy are directly related to where you are on the socio-economic ladder. Listen:
BBC Radio 4 'Start the Week' (from 11 mins 42 secs)Why did humans evolve such large brains?
Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) explains that humans evolved large and complex brains to cope with the complexities of social life.
Read: The ConversationBritish archaeology is in a fight for survival
UCL is set to host the first ever University Archaeology Day aimed at boosting interest in the discipline and tackling skills shortages.
Read: The Guardian, More: UCL News, The New York ObserverTaxidermy repaired back to glory at the Grant Museum
Natural history conservator Lucie Mascord begins a major conservation project to fix up 75 taxidermy objects at the Grant Museum of Zoology (UCL Culture).
Read: BBC Wildlife Magazine, More: Wired, Mail Online