UCL in the media
Cisco channels $100m into the UK's artificial intelligence tech sector
Cisco will partner with UCL Engineering to open one of the world's largest research centres for AI, backed by the Prime Minister Theresa May and digital secretary Jeremy Wright.
Read: City AM, More: New StatesmanIs there a difference between vandalism and art?
Dr Rafael Schacter (UCL Anthropology) talks about differentiating between vandalism and art works and how this distinction can be problematic.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'PM' (from 32 min, 35 secs)British students paint over Kipling mural, protesting against 'racist attitudes'
Dr Nick Draper (UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership) commented on recent UK student protests against campus buildings named after people with links to Britain's colonial slave trade. He suggests such protests are part of a wider phenomenon, with growing tensions surrounding how the past is remembered.
Read: NY TimesImproving London's housing supply
In a letter to the Times, 36 housing experts, including Visiting Professor, Dr Janice Morphet, (UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment), call on the Government to diversify the housing supply, speed up the provision of new housing and fulfil the ambitions of the Letwin Review.
Read: The TimesBrexit: now it's a battle over who governs Britain
In an article which assesses the recent Brexit debate on trade relationships, Martin Kettle reflects on political alliances, referencing the launch of UCL's Independent Commission on Referendums and suggests the report is 'one of the very few serious attempts to get to grips with the question that remains at the root of our present political discontents: whether referendums can coexist with representative democracy.'
Read: The GuardianHow urban vegetation can store as much carbon as rainforests
New laser scanning techniques measuring the biomass of urban trees are showing that areas such as inner-London borough Camden are as carbon dense as tropical rainforests. Dr Mat Disney (UCL Geography) discusses his research using Lidar technology (light detection and ranging).
Read: The Independent, More: The ConversationThe teaching of religious education in schools
Dr Farid Panjwani (UCL Institute of Education) and other education professionals respond to a recent Times article, expressing concern that low levels of religious education at secondary school level means too many teenagers are being deprived of vital knowledge about different faiths and beliefs in community, public and world affairs.
Read: The TimesAustralia beats UK for overseas students
Research by Professor Simon Marginson (UCL Centre for Global Higher Education) has tracked the latest movements in international students. He says Australia is overtaking the UK as the world's second biggest destination for international students.
Read: BBC, More: Times (£)Investors should intervene to stop high executive pay, before the regulator does
Dr Paul Ormerod (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) talks about shareholder discontent over executive pay and the effect on company performance.
Read: City AMStar Wars: Secrets of hyper-reality experiences
Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) comments on hyper-reality vs virtual reality and how our brains function in order to make hyper-reality work.
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