UCL in the media
Sir Tim Hunt resigns from university role over girls comment
Sir Tim Hunt FRS has resigned from his position as honorary professor at UCL after he made comments about the "trouble with girls" in science.
Read: BBC News, More: Guardian, Independent, Mirror, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Metro, Reuters, THE, ITV News, Sky News, Wired, LBC, Northern Echo, TIME, Washington Post, New York Times, LA Times, Sydney Morning Herald, UCL NewsFeeding young babies variety of vegetables helps develop broader diet
An international study, led by UCL in the UK and co-authored by Alison Fildes (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health), has found that feeding babies an assortment of vegetables when they are first weaned makes them more likely to enjoy unfamiliar varieties.
Read: Guardian, More: Telegraph, Daily MailScientists find CJD resistance gene
Research by Professor John Collinge (UCL Neurodegenerative Diseases) has identified a gene that might make people resistant to the brain eating disease CJD.
Read: BBC News, More: Independent, Daily Mail, Nature, The Week, National Post, ReutersWhich universities offer the most financial support?
Dr Gill Wyness (UCL Institute of Education) examines which universities offer the most financial support.
Read: GuardianAutistic pupils find it more difficult to process sensory information
A new study by Dr Liz Pellicano (UCL Institute of Education) has shown that autistic children find it more difficult to adapt to incoming sensory information when it comes to numbers.
Read: TESAsia University Rankings 2015 results announced
Professor Simon Marginson (UCL Institute of Education) says that higher education in Japan is "now largely standing still".
Read: THE (£)Africa's self-starters need fresh pedagogical approach
Dr Tristan McCowan (UCL Institute of Education) has been leading a project called Universities, Employability and Inclusive Development, which aims to better understand the challenges faced by the university systems in Africa and the UK.
Read: THE (£)The schools taking a stand against too much sitting down
The Active Movement programme, devised by Dr Mike Loosemore (UCL Institute of Sport, Exercise & Health), aims to instil lifelong habits and create a generation of children who will work with their bodies to stay healthy.
Read: BBC News, Listen: BBC Radio Scotland 'Newsdrive' (from 1 hour 50 mins)Geraint y Glaniwr a'r Gomed
BBC S4C follows the work of Dr Geraint Jones (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory).
Watch: BBC S4C 'Dibendraw'75-million-year-old dinosaur blood and collagen discovered in fossil fragments
Dr Anjali Goswami (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) said that if dinosaur soft tissues were found in many more fossils, it could have a transformative effect on research.
Read: Guardian