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Best ten UK universities to study psychology
UCL's Division of Psychology & Language Sciences is ranked 6th in a list of the best ten universities to study psychology. The list highlights the wide spectrum of subjects and opportunities to specialise in UCL's degree course, as well as the quality of the Division's teaching and research.
Read: Daily Telegraph Online, More: YahooSexual assaults link to mental illness
Four out of five teenage girls who have been sexually assaulted are suffering from crippling mental health problems months after their attack, research by UCL has found. The study ran from April 2013 and April 2015, in partnership with King's College Hospital NHS Trust and three sexual assault referral centres in London.
Read: Guardian, More: Evening StandardThe ten-year-olds who are learning about loan sharks
A primary school in Brighton has introduced financial education classes after research by UCL found that one in three people in England and Northern Ireland are incapable of working out the correct change when shopping.
Read: Times (£)Relax: audio makes holiday reading a breeze
Research by UCL Consultants (part of UCL Innovation and Enterprise) suggests that audiobooks are more emotionally engaging than watching a film or TV.
Read: Guardian, More: GuardianDementia research 40 years behind advances on cancer
Professor Nick Fox and Professor Bart De Strooper (UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL) discusses how dementia research is falling behind due to fewer researchers and less publicity when compared to cancer research.
Read: Daily MailVision 2030: mirage or reality?
In light of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 strategy, Simon Marginson (UCL Institute of Education) talks how higher education and research can be transformative and modernising.
Read: Times Higher Education (£)Cancer drugs in China
Professor Therese Hesketh (UCL Institute for Global Health) talks about the lack of good quality cancer drugs in China at an affordable price and how China can make drugs affordable over time.
Listen: BBC World Service (from 14 min, 15 secs).Best ten UK universities to study psychology
UCL is ranked 6th in a list of the best ten universities to study psychology - subject breadth, opportunities to specialise and the quality of research and teaching are all highlighted.
Read: Telegraph, More: YahooRemain 'had unfair advantage with £9.3m leaflet drop'
The Independent Commission on Referendums, set up by UCL's Constitution Unit, has suggested a £9.3m pro-EU publicity blitz in the run-up to the EU referendum gave the Remain side an unfair advantage, and should be outlawed in future votes.
Read: Telegraph (£), More: Daily ExpressBest ten UK universities to study computer science
UCL's Computer Science department is ranked 8th in a list of the best ten universities to study computer science.
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