UCL in the media
How will Brexit affect further education in the UK?
Professor Peter Scott (UCL Institute of Education) expresses his concerns over the future of further education in the UK, post-Brexit.
Read: GuardianIs there a gender imbalance in healthcare?
Co-author Professor Judith Mank (UCL Biosciences) discusses a new study suggesting a gender imbalance in healthcare research, diagnosis and treatment.
Read: Daily MailNew research on child tonsil operations
New research on child tonsil operations and subsequent readmissions may have 'limitations', commented Professor Martin Birchall (UCL Ear Institute), saying the data misses the majority of bleeding episodes that occur at home, or present to emergency centres.
Read: GuardianUS midterm elections
Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) comments on the US midterm elections.
Listen: BBC World Service 'World Update' (from 1 min 30 secs)The Shetland Islands against insets
Dr Nick Bearman (UCL Geography) discusses the Shetland islanders' ongoing dispute with map-makers over their continual 'insetting' of the archipelago.
Read: The ConversationComet tails: Charged dust blowing in the solar wind
How a comet's dust tail forms bands stretching millions of kilometres across the sky has been observed for the first time by PhD student Oliver Price and Professor Geraint Jones (UCL Space & Climate Physics).
Notorious 1920s murder case judgement may have been illegal
Commenting on evidence about the hanging of Edith Thompson for murder in 1923, Professor René Weis (UCL English Language & Literature) said if Thompson was pregnant at the time of her death "then she was unlawfully hanged," as it was illegal to execute a pregnant woman.
A critical look at London's Coal Drops Yard
Michael Edwards (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) contributes to a discussion about the regeneration of Coal Drops Yard at King's Cross in London.
Read: ObserverBritain and Ireland still misunderstand each other on Brexit
Professor Ronan McCrea (UCL Laws) explains the misunderstandings and mishaps leading to deadlock on the issue of Brexit and the Northern Irish border.
Read: FT (£)Research discovers early mortality among learning disabled
A study led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Institute of Health Equity) has revealed a lack of childhood diagnosis and early mortality in adulthood among people with learning disabilities.
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