UCL in the media
Six weeks of radiotherapy or 30 minutes of IORT
Professor Jayant Vaidya (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) is mentioned providing medical advice on a relatively new treatment for breast cancer, intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT).
Read: Daily MailCryonics
Professor Barry Fuller (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) discusses cryogenically freezing people who are hoping to be revived years after their death.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The Why Factor'Social mobility: Class pay gap found in UK professions
Dr Lindsey Macmillan (UCL Institute of Education) was part of a research team with the government's social mobility commission that found professional people from working class backgrounds are paid £6,800 less than their colleagues from more affluent backgrounds.
Read: BBC News, More: Financial Times, The Independent, Huffington Post, The Guardian, Daily Mail, New York TimesA crisis of trust is looming between scientists and society - it's time to talk
Dr Helen Czerski (UCL Mechanical Engineering) writes about why it's vital to improve public trust in science and expertise and why it's challenging amidst increasingly complex scientific issues, and offers up some suggestions.
Read: The GuardianParasitism
Professor emeritus Steve Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) is a guest on a programme discussing the relationship between parasites and hosts.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time'Girls see themselves as being less talented than boys by the age of six
Professor Gemma Moss (UCL Institute of Education) is interviewed about a study finding that girls see themselves as less likely to be highly intelligent than boys by the age of six.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today', More: BBC NewsI've got news for Mike Pence and his view on evolution
Professor emeritus Steve Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) writes about evolution, and his new book on the subject.
Read: Evening StandardLeading academic calls for schools to be more flexible when setting pupils
Professor Becky Francis (UCL Institute of Education) is featured for her research and views on grouping school children by ability.
Read: Times Educational SupplementBeneficiaries of experimental gene editing therapy remain cancer-free
Professor Waseem Qasim (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) led a team that treated two young leukaemia patients with an experimental therapy using genetically engineered immune cells from a donor. More than a year later, both girls have no sign of the leukaemia returning. Dr Simon Waddington (UCL Maternal & Fetal Medicine) comments.
Read: The Independent, More: New Scientist, Reuters, The Times, MirrorThe story of an Englishman in Auschwitz
Dr Andy Pearce (UCL Institute of Education) writes about Auschwitz survivor Leon Greenman, and the legacy of his story and activism pushing against extremism.
Read: The Conversation