UCL in the media
England has one of the lowest levels of financial literacy
Professor John Jerrim (UCL Institute of Education), co-authored a working paper, which found that 1 in 3 adults in England cannot work out the correct change from a shopping trip.
Read: Daily Mail, More: Independent, BBC News, Metro, Daily Express, UCL News.Stephen Hawking's warnings: What he predicted for the future
Commenting on Stephen Hawking's predictions for the future, Professor Bradley Love (UCL Experimental Psychology) said that "clever AI will create tremendous wealth for society, but will leave many people without jobs."
Read: BBC News.Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time
Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy) comments that the number of students who turn up and say Brief History was the moment that they realised physics was cool is still high."
Read: iNewsPutin to stoke patriotic fervour with Crimea rally
Professor Andrew Wilson (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies) comments on the "political technologies" used to manipulate post-Soviet elections, noting that the vote was running to a Kremlin script. "Grudinin passed his screen test with flying colours for the role of populist while Sobchak is a bit harder to read," he said. "The degree of puppetry varies."
Read: The TimesSteve Bannon: 'Wear racist badge like a medal'
Philippe Marliere, a professor of French politics at University College London, said Mr Bannon's appearance was at odds with Ms Le Pen's efforts to rebrand the party. "She has said she doesn't want it to be seen as a far-right party, and she's serious about getting into power.
Read: The NationalNerve agent made by Russians in secret
Prof Andrea Sella, an inorganic chemistry expert at University College London, said Novichok was designed to be made active before use by mixing two less dangerous chemicals. The two stage process meant it was safer to prepare and deploy, but it also meant it could potentially be transported or smuggled more easily.
Read: Daily Telegraph (£), FT (£)Walking and mental health
Archaeologist, Charlotte Frearson (UCL Institute of Archaeology) featured in BBC Radio 4 'Ramblings' with Clare Balding, discussing how her new whippet and walk to work helped her to manage anxiety.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 (from the beginning).Bid to gauge wild boar colony total
With a thriving wild boar colony believed to have taken up residence in the countryside near Alyth, Scotland, student Gavin O'Donnell (UCL Anthropology), would like to speak to farmers and locals to gauge the level and type of interaction between these animals and farming operations.
Read: The Press and JournalNHS cuts funds for top homeless mental health team
Professor Roland Littlewood, emeritus professor of anthropology and psychiatry (UCL Department of Anthropology) said that proposed cuts to homeless outreach team, Focus, in North London by Camden Clinical Commissioning Group could not be clinically justified.
Read: The GuardianCyber sector tries to shake off 'men in hoodies' image
UCL is set to host a girls-only Dojo to teach skills such as coding, building a website and creating an app or a game.
Read: FT (£)