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UCL Geography MSc alumna Faye Weaver has published new research on microplastic pollution in UK urban woodland soils, revealing widespread contamination and its conservation implications.

The UCL Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology (Ref.: B03-02751).

Paulo Drinot and Martín Bergel offer a renewed perspective on one of the most influential and controversial political movements of twentieth-century Peru

“There is clearly a generational frustration,” said Professor Bill Booth (UCL Institute of the Americas) on Generation Z protests in Mexico over the assassination of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez and protests in Peru demanding an end to nationwide corruption.

A recently unearthed ancient monument in southeastern Mexico was built as a giant representation of the Mesoamerican universe, and was likely an important ceremonial site, finds research by an international team involving Dr Verónica Vazquez Lopez (UCL Institute of Archaeology).

“The fact that Latino voters abandoned the GOP candidate is noteworthy, but it’s not clear that Virginia is representative of broader national trends, including in border states with large Latino populations,” said Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) on the election results.