UCL in the media
Thinner retinas are early sign of cognitive decline
A landmark study led by Professor Paul Foster (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) has shown thinner retinas in the human eye are a clear sign a person is at significant and increased risk of future mental decline. The UCL team worked with researchers from Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Read: Daily Mirror, More: Daily Express, Daily Mail, Sun, BBC News, iNews, Mail (summary)A slight rise in blood pressure aged 50 linked to dementia
A new study led by Professor Archana Singh-Manoux (UCL Institute for Global Health) has examined blood pressure and discovered that only a small rise may predict a risk of dementia later on.
Read: Daily MirrorProfessor Philippe Sands discusses US death penalty controversy
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Centre for International Courts & Tribunals) discusses the US death penalty threat to two British ISIS fighters in the context of international humanitarian law.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'PM' (from 13 mins, 52 seconds)Professor Kate Jones comments on impacts of invading species
Professor Kate Jones (UCL Centre for Biodiversity and Environmental Research) talks about what can happens when people transport species or diseases around the globe.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 (from 7 mins 45 seconds)Best ten UK universities to study economics
UCL is ranked 4th in a list of the best ten UK universities to study economics. Options in the UCL degree include economics of science, development, education and many other sectors.
Read: TelegraphEye drops made from turmeric could help prevent blindness
A study led by Professor Francesca Cordeiro and Dr Ben Davis (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) finds that a derivative of turmeric could be used in eye drops to reduce the loss of retinal cells, an early sign of glaucoma.
Read: Evening Standard, More: Daily Mail, Newsweek, UCL NewsA Solar Storm Is Headed for Earth - Should You Be Worried?
Dr Colin Forsyth (UCL Space & Climate Physics) explains what causes a solar storm, saying such storms 'often pass without most people even being aware that they are happening.'
Read: NewsweekThis Crimean filmmaker's hunger strike highlights all that is wrong with modern Russia
Dr Uilleam Blacker (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies) discusses Crimean filmmaker Oleg Sentsov's hunger strike and how it highlights legal, diplomatic and domestic issues in Russia.
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.
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