UCL in the media
Barclays launches law-tech incubator with support from magic circle firms Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance and the Law Society
UCL will be providing academic guidance to a new law-tech incubator launched by Barclays today.
Read: City AMHere's how fast a glacier can slip into the sea once it's destabilized
Professor Chris Rapley (UCL Earth Sciences) comments on a study showing a major glacier in Alaska has retreated to its lowest point in 900 years.
Read: New Scientist, More: QuartzMiddlemarch
Professor Rosemary Ashton (UCL English Language & Literature) contributes to a discussion on George Eliot's 'Middlemarch'.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time'Forensic science: the tip of the iceberg?
Professor Ruth Morgan (UCL Security & Crime Science) uses her research to explain why forensic science is nowhere near as robust and reliable as many people expect.
Read: GuardianPoorer pupils in England are a whole GCSE grade behind their peers in maths, report finds
Research from Professor Toby Greany and Professor John Jerrim (UCL Institute of Education) has demonstrated that England is in the bottom half of developed nations for the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in maths.
Read: Independent, More: Guardian, MirrorFacebook changes its terms of service to exclude 1.5 billion users from Europe's strict new privacy laws
Michael Veale (UCL Science, Technology, Engineering & Public Policy) comments that changes to Facebook's terms of service could see users outside the EU governed by more lenient US privacy laws, despite the EU's GDPRs coming into effect next month.
Read: Mail Online, More: Independent, Reuters, New York PostBlood pressure readings at home 50 per cent more accurate
Professor Bryan Williams (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) has authored a new study demonstrating blood pressure measurements taken by a doctor are 50 per cent less accurate than those taken at home.
Read: Telegraph, More: Express, Times (£), NBC News, Daily Mail, SunKeeping livers 'alive' boosts transplant success, trial finds
Professor Barry Fuller (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) comments on a new clinical trial whereby donated livers are kept 'alive' via a machine.
Read: BBC NewsRaising retirement age may hit least-educated workers hardest
Professor Jenny Head (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) has co-authored a study showing people with little education and low socioeconomic status are more likely to leave the workforce in midlife for health reasons.
Read: ReutersAccess all areas? Using data to help the disabled navigate cities
A project involving Dr Catherine Holloway (UCL Computer Science) uses digital technology to collect data on how wheelchairs are used in cities to ascertain what is working and what is not for disabled people.
Read: Reuters