UCL in the media
‘Arbitrary’ benefits criteria for terminally ill people
A report by MPs criticising the government's "arbitrary" benefits system is guided by a series of studies led by Dr Nicola White (UCL Psychiatry) which found that clinicians were often inaccurate when predicting how long terminally ill people will live.
EU needs to reconnect with the public
In her 'Governing Missions' report to the European Commission,Professor Mariana Mazzucato (UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose) recommends the EU engages with its citizens, who can play a vital role in designing and running missions to solve big societal challenges.
Impact of DeepMind program goes beyond chess
Professor Paul Taylor (UCL Institute of Health Informatics) explains the potential that a DeepMind AI program has in predicting a protein’s 3D structure based on its chemical composition, which has implications for drug design.
Lung cancer study ‘could save 500 lives’
The UK’s biggest lung cancer study, led by Professor Sam Janes (UCL Division of Medicine), may pave the way for a national screening programme and potentially a blood test for early cancer detection.
Remote volcano hosts rare lava lake
Analysis by MSc student Danielle Gray (UCL Geography), in collaboration with scientists at the British Antarctic Survey, confirms the presence of a lava lake in Mount Michael on the British Overseas Territory of Saunders Island.
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Obesity is not a lifestyle choice
A new Norwegian study shows our increasingly unhealthy environments could be the reason obesity has been rising for 50 years. Dr Clare Llewellyn (UCL Epidemiology & Health) hopes the findings help change ideas of obesity being about “individual responsibility and personal blame".
Mayor of London attends UCL East ground-breaking ceremony
Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President & Provost) and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan witness the start of the construction of East Bank, the £1.1billion project on the Olympic Park which will comprise UCL East Campus, Sadler’s Wells Dance Theatre, the BBC and the V&A Museum.
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Criticizing US treatment of migrant children
Dr Kate Cronin-Furman (UCL Political Science) compares US detention centres housing the children of migrants to concentration camps and says that a public 'naming and shaming' of border guards as human rights abusers is needed to halt this "mass atrocity".
Could problem-based combined courses be the way forward?
UCL’s interdisciplinary MASc starts in 2020, inspired by the combined BASc which introduced more problem-based learning. Dr Graham Woodgate (UCL Arts & Sciences) says the choice of ten languages also makes the BASc unique.
E-cigarettes should only be used to help smokers quit
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Health Care) says the only purpose of alternative nicotine products like e-cigarettes is to “help smokers not die” and that non-smokers should not take up vaping.