UCL in the media
'First human' discovered in Ethiopia
A state-of-the-art computer reconstruction of a Homo habilis fossil by Professor Fred Spoor (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) indicates that the species has older evolutionary roots than previously thought.
Read: BBC News, More: Guardian, Independent, The Week, NY Times, Los Angeles Times, NBC, New Scientist, National Geographic, Discovery, Science, UCL News, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Six O'Clock News' (from 15 mins 45 secs), More: BBC Radio 4 'The World Tonight' (from 6 mins 39 secs)How to cultivate the Commons touch
Professor Meg Russell (UCL Political Science) looks at the best ways for academics to get their research listened to, and even put into effect by politicians.
Read: THEDrugs Live: Cannabis on Trial
Research led by Professor Valerie Curran (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) reveals the positive and negative effects of different types of cannabis on the human brain, in a trial broadcast on Channel 4: Drugs Live: Cannabis on Trial.
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Fashion designer Wayne Hemingway reflects on his time as a student at UCL.
Watch: BBC One 'The One Show' (from 21 mins 46 secs)When pregnant women drink
Professor Peter Hammond (UCL Institute of Child Health) has developed a mathematical technique that identifies facial damage caused by exposure to alcohol in the womb.
Watch: ITV 'Exposure - When Pregnant Women Drink' (from 7 mins 40 secs)Strange creatures and art of the unknown
A new exhibition, Strange Creatures: The art of unknown animals, which explores how imagery has been used to bring newly discovered animals into the public eye is due to open at the Grant Museum of Zoology at UCL.
Read: Guardian, More: Daily Mail, Times (£), BBC History Magazine, Culture 24, UCL NewsAs crisis in Venezuela deepens, Maduro's iron fist tightens
Dr Marco Aponte-Moreno and Lance Lattig (UCL Management Science & Innovation) examine the politics of Venezuela's current president Nicolás Maduro.
Read: The ConversationAdult education the loser in a game only young, full-time students win
Professor Peter Scott (UCL Institute of Education) says part-time student numbers have collapsed as older, less privileged learners become victims of university commercialisation.
Read: GuardianAdoption chiefs' U-turn over e-cigarettes
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) comments on new recommendations from the British Association of Adoption and Fostering that agencies should consider e-cigarettes as different to tobacco cigarettes.
Read: Daily Mail, More: Times (£)Wanted: 80,000 British babies for massive study
The Life Study has been launched by a team led by Professor Carol Dezateux (UCL Institute of Child Health) and aims to follow 80,000 children throughout their lives.
Read: Nature (£)