UCL in the media
Government should give people incentives to promote recycling, leading scientist says
Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) suggests a government-backed scheme offering people points for recycling in exchange for rewards, so as to help reduce the human impact on the environment.
Read: Independent, More: MetroHow skateboarding flipped its white male image and welcomed the whole world
Professor Iain Borden (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) explains why skateboarding is no longer the preserve of urban rebels.
Read: The ConversationA manifesto to save Planet Earth (and ourselves)
Professor Simon Lewis and Professor Mark Maslin (both UCL Geography) says that to avoid collapse, humans need to break the current high-production and high-consumption model of human development at the heart of consumer capitalism and focus on environmental repair.
Read: BBC News, More: UCL News, Guardian, Ecologist, Telegraph.Universities face smaller share of €100bn EU research fund
Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology) emphasises the importance of EU funding processes to medical research.
Read: Times (£)A new technology that could transform the way cancer and brain operations are done
Professor Mark Lythgoe (UCL Division of Medicine) reveals new technology that could allow surgeons to perform operations via remote control 'scalpels' injected into the body.
Read: iNews, More: Telegraph, Yahoo NewsA natural ally: William Blake
Dr Linda Freedman's (UCL English Language & Literature) lecture on Blake and the American counterculture is reviewed favourably in the Times Literary Supplement.
Read: TLSThe plastic recycling system
Professor Mark Miodownik (UCL Mechanical Engineering) discusses plastic recycling and the pitfalls of the current system.
Listen: BBC Radio 5 live 'Anna Foster' (from 55 mins)Online game to test if there are early signs of dementia
Dr Hugo Spiers (UCL Psychology & Language Science) and his team are working on a revised version of the game 'Sea Hero Quest' to warn doctors of early signs of Alzheimer's in their patients.
Read: Metro, More: New ScientistScience holds the key to unlocking economic success
Matthew Phillips (UCL Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour) emphasises the importance of investing in world-leading research institutes.
Read: Telegraph (£)London Olympic Park £1.1bn plan unveiled
UCL's new campus will form part of East Bank, an arts and education re-development in Queen Elizabeth Park alongside a V&A, Sadler's Wells, and new BBC studios.
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