UCL in the media
How universities were swept into the 'hostile environment'
Professor Peter Scott (UCL Institute of Education) outlines the ways the 'hostile environment' against illegal immigrants in the UK has manifested itself in public institutions and services - in particular, universities.
Read: GuardianSocial media and racial prejudice
Dr Harry Farmer (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) interrogates racial prejudice by way of the 'rubber hand illusion' test.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Discovery' (from 17 mins 13 secs)Five amazing ways redesigning biological cells could help us fight cancer
Dr Chris Barnes (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) and Alex Fedorec (UCL Computer Science) set out five ways that synthetic biology could help treat cancer in the future.
Read: The ConversationThere are three ways out of the Irish border impasse.
Dr Peter Leary (UCL Institute of Advanced Studies) writes in a comment piece that failure to prevent the return of a hard border in Ireland will mean reneging on the very first agreement struck between Britain and the European commission.
Read: GuardianPlastic: How it changed the world
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) comments on plastic, its ubiquity in modern life, and as an environmental preoccupation.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The Forum'Teachers are happier than other professionals, research finds
Professor Alex Bryson and David Wilkinson (UCL Institute of Education) have conducted research showing a high level of contentedness in teachers and teaching assistants when compared against workers in other professions.
Read: TES (£)National Child Development Study: At 11, these kids tried to predict their future. Did they get it right?
Research from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (UCL Institute of Education) has shown whether children in 1958 had lives which matched up to their expectations.
Read: Times (£), More: Mail OnlineSharp jump in homicides and violent crime in London
Tom Gash (UCL Security & Crime Science) says while counter-terrorism budgets have been protected in the UK, neighborhood policing has been cut and 'it's likely that has had an impact' on crime rates.
Read: FT (£)Fussy old world
Dr Clare Llewellyn (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) contributes to a discussion about fussy eating and says children should be weaned on bitter foods like broccoli.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The Food Chain' (from 2 mins 16 secs), More: Daily MailThree grammar myths you need to banish from the classroom
Ian Cushing (UCL English Language & Literature) co-authors a piece setting out three grammar rules that can be avoided from the classroom.
Read: TES (£)