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The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 349 mid-career researchers to receive this year's Consolidator Grants, including Professor Attila Lindner.

Theano Moussouri (UCL Institute of Archaeology) is part of a collaborative team awarded AHRC funding to investigate the attendance and benefit gap in museums and heritage institutions.

Congratulations to Dr Varvara Karipidou on passing her viva! Her research shows how Bucharest’s urban development is shaped by informal networks, everyday negotiations, and city governance.

“This problem over over-appointment of Lords has been going on for years. It got particularly worse after David Cameron, who appointed huge amounts of peers,” said Professor Meg Russell (UCL Constitution Unit) as Keir Starmer appoints 25 new Labour peers.

“Paris is taxing large vehicles so it’s not unprecedented. However, regulating size does limit choice in markets that are supposed to be ‘free’ and I’m sure car lobbies are active in pushing back against this,” said Dr Marie Claire Brisbois (UCL Geography) on cities taxing SUVs.

“To be allowed to expel a handful of criminals, states are today embarking on a path that will reduce human rights protections for all of Europe,” said Professor Veronika Fikfak (UCL Political Science) regarding possible reforms to the European Convention on Human Rights.