UCL in the media
Speaking up for the public PhD viva
In an opinion piece Professor David Bogle (Head of the UCL Graduate School) explains why he is in favour of the continental practice of examining a doctoral thesis before an audience.
Read: THE (£)Lawyers express concern over ministerial code rewrite
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) comments on a rewrite of the ministerial code which omits reference to members of the government being bound by international law.
Read: GuardianSino-Tibetan populations shed light on human cooperation
In an opinion piece Professor Ruth Mace (UCL Anthropology) examines why humans collaborate with those we aren't related to and whether the answer might lie in the tradition of marriage.
Read: The ConversationTalkTalk cyberattack
Dr Steven Murdoch (UCL Computer Science) discusses the major cyber-attack on TalkTalk's systems.
Listen: BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 'Dotty Mcleod' (from 2 hours 13 mins)Health inequality kills - and now is the time to close the gap
Globally, people are dying of preventable health inequalities and although it is a complex problem to fix, we must do so says Professor Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) in an opinion piece.
Read: New Scientist (£)Fungus, the bogeyman
Professor John Hardy (UCL Molecular Neuroscience) comments on the findings of a new study which has suggested the possibility that dementia is caused by fungal infection.
Read: EconomistCan aspirin stop cancer returning? World's largest clinical trial begins
The world's largest clinical trial to investigate if taking aspirin every day can stop cancer returning has been launched, led by Professor Ruth Langley (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL).
Read: Telegraph, More: Guardian, Express, BBC News, Telegraph (2), Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 54 mins 22 secs)Heart disease gene 'found in women'
Early research led by Freya Boardman-Pretty (UCL Medicine) has identified a gene that puts women at higher risk of heart disease.
Read: BBC News, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 49 mins)Margaret Pyke Centre campaign
A campaign, led by Dr Jayne Kavanagh (UCL Medical School), has been launched to save the Margaret Pyke Centre, a sexual health clinic in Kings Cross which has been threatened with closure.
Listen: BBC London 94.9 'The Breakfast Show' (from 1 hour 26 mins)IVF women third more likely to develop ovarian cancer
The largest ever study of fertility treatment in the world, led at UCL by Professor Alastair Sutcliffe (UCL Institute of Child Health), has found that Women who undergo IVF are a third more likely to develop ovarian cancer.
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