UCL in the media
Tobacco
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) talks about current global trends in smoking.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Simon Evans Goes to Market' (from 17 mins 49 secs)Mindfulness study to track effect of meditation on 7,000 teenagers
As part of a wider study, Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) will be testing 600 11- to 16-year-olds to see how mindfulness training affects their self-control and emotional regulation.
Read: Guardian, More: Daily Mail, ITV, UCL News, Listen: BBC London 94.9 'Simon Lederman' (from 3 hours 48 mins)Drug trial hints at possible way to tackle Alzheimer's
Professor Sir Mark Pepys (UCL Medicine) is due to publish the first clinical trial results of a drug based on more than 40 years of his work on amyloidosis.
Read: Financial Times, UCL NewsBritain's forgotten slave owners
A new BBC documentary centred on the UCL based Legacies of British Slave-ownership project traces the impact of slave-ownership on the formation of modern Britain.
Watch: BBC Two 'Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners'New Horizons brings Pluto's mysterious moons into sharper focus
Dr Geraint Jones (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) explains what the data from New Horizons can tell us about Pluto's five moons.
Read: The Conversation'Ride the nerd wave' to widen access to selective universities
Speaking at a conference organised by educational charity the Brilliant Club, Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President & Provost) argued that it is important to get more pupils studying "academic" subjects in school.
Read: THE (£)Nasa reveals first high-resolution images of planet's surface
Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) explains what Kuiper belt objects are.
Read: GuardianA word of advice
Professor Nigel Harvey (UCL Experimental Psychology) helps to explain how advice works.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The Human Zoo' (from 3 mins 10 secs)Distracting school uniform
Professor Jessica Ringrose (UCL Institute of Education) discusses the effect of telling girls their bodies are distracting.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Woman's Hour' (from 34 mins 33 secs)Conservatives drop plans to relax fox hunting ban
Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Constitution Unit) comments on the SNP's role in the government's decision to drop its plans to hold a vote on the hunting bill.
Read: Financial Times