UCL in the media
Students thrive thanks to 'Freakonomics revamp' of economics
After UCL Economics redesigned its first-year curriculum, in part guided by the international CORE project, the first cohort of students has been performing better in their second year, which Professor Wendy Carlin says may be due to increased engagement with the material.
Read: THEWhat we really need to know about fake health news
Professor emeritus David Colquhoun (UCL Biosciences) comments on how the success of modern medicine leads some people to think there must be a cure for everything.
Read: IndependentBritain enjoys success in spades on 2016 list
An article about Archaeology's list of the greatest finds in 2016 cites the discovery that a dress at the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology is the world's oldest living garment.
Read: The TimesSilicon Valley inventors
Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies) is interviewed about the culture of innovation in Silicon Valley, which he says is too focused on designing a future envisioned by young, affluent men.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The World This Weekend' (from 26 mins)Women who are bringing up children are more likely to be binge drinkers
A UCL study found that women with children are less likely to drink regularly than women without children, but more likely to binge drink.
Read: Daily MailTop London universities 'under threat from Government reforms'
Numerous academics in London, including some from UCL, have co-signed a letter warning that government reforms risk undermining the city's universities. Sean Wallis (UCL English Language & Literature) is quoted.
Read: Evening StandardHow Japan has almost eradicated gun crime
Professor Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity) comments on how Japan doesn't view gun ownership as a civil liberty.
Read: BBC NewsAndrea Leadsom is wrong about history of farming - why it matters
Dr Matthew Pope (UCL Institute of Archaeology) writes about why it's wrong to say that agriculture has been around as long as humanity, and why it's important to understand that humans have only been radically altering the planet with agriculture for the past 12,000 years.
Read: The ConversationPlea for ban on vaping flavours that harm sperm
Research led by Dr Helen O'Neill (UCL Institute for Women's Health) has linked flavoured e-cigarettes with sperm damage.
Read: The Times, More: Daily MailDeadly Ebola virus could be passed on through breathing
Professor Ali Zumla (UCL Infection & Immunity) comments on his study finding that the Ebola virus may replicate in the lungs of survivors while they are recovering from an infection.
Read: International Business Times