UCL in the media
Medical Research Council and UCL performers in Life Game festival at the Science Museum
Non Zero One, the Resident Theatre Company at UCL, are collaborating with everyone from neurobiologists and psychiatrists to molecular investigators and transplant surgeons.
Read: Culture 24Boris backs UCL students' bid to scrap paper receipts
London Mayor Boris Johnson has thrown a £20,000 development fund behind an idea by two UCL students to end paper receipts.
Read: London Loves BusinessMRC reaches 100 amid concerns for the future
UCL is incorporating three Medical Research Council units as the MRC is reshaped ahead of the Government's spending review. Read: Research Fortnight (£)
Clinical science star sought for Crick opening
The search is on for the first joint chair in clinical sciences at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute. "This is not about appointing people on the basis of esteem; it's about appointing people on the basis of their scientific credentials and potential," says Professor Sir John Tooke, UCL Vice-Provost (Health).
Read: Research FortnightHESA data reveals concentration of engineering funding
The recently formed Science and Engineering South Consortium (which includes UCL, Imperial, Cambridge, Oxford and Southampton universities) accounts for more than a quarter of the UK's engineering research funding.
Read: Times Higher EducationWoolwich murder reignites debate over university extremism
A Universities UK report on freedom of speech on campus, produced by a working group chaired by UCL Provost Professor Malcolm Grant, is cited in the ongoing debate about radicalisation in the UK.
Read: Times Higher EducationPrism: the spying software reading your email and Facebook
Dr Jun Wang (UCL Computer Science) comments on how previous communications related to crime or terror can be used to create models to spot new ones.
Read: Channel 4 NewsWhat makes Wokingham England's healthiest place to live?
"The fact Wokingham is prosperous, has high rates of employment and good schools will all have a dramatic impact," says Dr Jessica Allen (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health).
Read: The GuardianRegulation for E cigarettes
"The opportunity that this [regulation] is giving us to really put an end to the tobacco epidemic is really too much of a prize to let go," says Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health).
Listen: BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast (from 1hr 25mins)Having low levels of vitamin D could raise your risk of high blood pressure
"Our study strongly suggests that some cases of cardiovascular disease could be prevented through vitamin D supplements or food fortification," said Dr Vimal Karani (UCL Institute of Child Health).
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