UCL in the media
Beit Beirut
Dr Camillo Boano (UCL Development Planning Unit) interviews Mona El Hallak, the woman fighting to preserve the Beit Beirut building as a memory of the old city.
Read: DomusParents' career concerns leading to curtailing of music
Research led by Dr Andrea Creech (UCL Institute of Education) has found that music education is still not easily accessible for all children due to a number of barriers including parental concerns about career prospects and time pressures on the curriculum.
Read: SecEd, More: UCL NewsPublic transport is part of the London mayor's raison d'être - but both main candidates fail to impress
In an op-ed piece, PhD candidate Nicole Badstuber (UCL Transport Institute) says that with a fast-growing population, London needs a mayor with a clear vision for public transport.
Read: The ConversationDoes London really need an elected mayor?
Professor Peter Rees (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) explains why there's an argument to be made for the old way of doing things.
Read: The ConversationHow London's next mayor could fix air pollution - and save lives
Clive Shrubsole (UCL Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources) explains that the main mayoral candidates agree air quality is a huge issue, but disagree on policies.
Read: The ConversationFree schools 'socially select' pupils, research suggests
Analysis of school census data for all free schools opened between 2011 and 2014 by Professor Francis Green, Dr Rebecca Allen and Dr Andrew Jenkins (all UCL Institute of Education) points to distinct differences in admissions between free schools, especially primaries, and other institutions.
Read: Schools WeekUCL to borrow record £280m to expand
UCL has agreed a £280 million loan with the European Investment Bank to develop its Bloomsbury and UCL East campuses, the largest sum ever lent by the bank to a university.
Read: Financial Times, More: Times (£), Evening Standard, Financial Times (2), Financial Times (3), Spectator, UCL NewsWhen myth meets reality: fabled beasts and real-life creatures
In an op-ed piece Professor Roger Wotton (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) says that fantasy often meets reality when we try to find explanations for mythological creatures.
Read: The ConversationThe Flaneur - walking in the city
Dr Matthew Beaumont (UCL Urban Laboratory and UCL English Language & Literature) argues that the urban stroller isn't simply a by-product of modernism, illuminating London's past via the nocturnal wanderings of poets, novelists and thinkers.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Thinking Allowed' (from 8 mins 30 secs)Excellent healthcare has clinical research pulsing in its veins
The junior doctor contract not only deters the lab work that leads to breakthroughs, it threatens quality of care, argues Dr Amitava Banerjee (UCL Institute of Health Informatics).
Read: THE (£)