UCL in the media
Scientists and comedians join forces to get climate crisis message across
Comedian Jo Brand and Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) team up in the video series Climate Science Translated to discuss climate science in down-to-earth language that pulls no punches.
Wes Streeting says Labour is better prepared than it was in 1997
“The next Government can super-charge this revolution in health care by supporting the technology transfer process with targeted support to accelerate great ideas from our universities to have real impact where they are needed most," says Dr Anne Lane (UCL Business).
What is 'quiet quitting' and is it on the rise?
Touching on 'job creep', where people end up doing tasks outside the original scope of their role, Dr Anthony Klotz (UCL School of Management) says employers have failed to “recalibrate for more normal times” after the pandemic.
Jill Dando's crime-fighting legacy at UCL
Presenter and former host of Crimewatch alongside the late Jill Dando, Nick Ross (UCL Security and Crime Science), lauds the Jill Dando Fund that was raised after her death and helped set up the UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science.
A parent’s guide to dealing with teen mental health
Professor Vivian Hill (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society) says that from her visits to schools, it was clear that pupils as young as eight years old were worried about how their parents would afford rising prices during the cost of living crisis.
Four solar flares erupt from the sun at the same time
A likely explanation for a 'super-sympathetic' solar flare event - where simultaneous solar flares erupt from the sun at the same time - is that one flare triggers a disturbance that travels through the solar corona, says Dr Daniel Verscharen (UCL Space & Climate Physics).
Expert stresses the importance of people-to-people exchanges in education
Chinese children learning English and British children learning Chinese will be the "bedrock" of the relationship between the two countries, according to Katharine Carruthers (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society).
Why the experts don’t pay for branded medication
While there can be small differences between generic and name-brand medications, Dr Sara Garfield (UCL School of Pharmacy) explains that the most important thing is the active ingredient.
Travelling Brits warned against malaria spike
The primary driver for malaria cases detected in the UK is the number of Brits who travel abroad, states Professor François Balloux (UCL Biosciences), as health chiefs warn malaria levels in UK holidaymakers are at their highest for 20 years.
Why do some people have a poor sense of direction?
The navigation game and citizen science project called Sea Hero Quest, developed by Professor Hugo Spiers (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences), is referenced by Professor Seán Commins of Maynooth University as a way to assess someone's navigational abilities.