UCL in the media
Andrew Marr cites UCL Institute of Education on show
Andrew Marr refers to IOE research on teacher recruitment and the number of teachers leaving the profession in an interview with Damian Hinds MP.
Listen: BBC Andrew Marr show (57:26 mins)Unsafe sex and STIs are rising when they really shouldn't be
Research by Dr Nigel Field (UCL Institute for Global Health) is used to interrogate why unsafe sex and STIs are rising, and what can be done to prevent their occurrence.
Read: New Scientist (£)Asian men face higher death rate than women
Speaking at the 'Difficult Dialogues' conference in Goa, India, Professor Sarah Hawkes (UCL Centre for Gender and Global Health) said men in less industrialised countries bear the biggest brunt of non-communicable illnesses. Professor Hawkes joined UCL academics, Professor David Osrin (UCL Institute for Global Health), and Professor Margaret O'Brien (UCL Institute for Education) along with a host of other leading academics and policy-makers at the conference to discuss how Indian gender constructs affect fundamental aspects of daily lives and citizenship.
Read: The Times of India , More: The Hindustan Times , The Statesman, Indian ExpressScottish government to launch national investment bank
Professor Mariana Mazzucato (UCL Institute of Innovation & Public Purpose) has advised the Scottish government on the creation of a national investment bank.
Read: FT (£), More: Guardian, UCL NewsWorld university subject rankings: the UK is back on top
The UCL Institute of Education is ranked first in the world for education in the 2018 QS world university rankings. UCL is touted as being among the best in the world for science and technology.
Read: Guardian, More: Guardian (2), UCL News, Evening Standard, Evening Standard (2), Times (£)Doctors finally confirm period pain can be as painful as a heart attack
Professor John Guillebaud (UCL Institute for Women's Health) has conducted research showing that period cramps can be as painful as having a heart attack.
Read: Mirror, More: GuardianBig pharma, big data: why drugmakers want your health records
Dr Paul Taylor (UCL Institute of Health Informatics) discusses the sharing of patient data and the digitisation of health records.
Read: Mail OnlineCosmic dawn: astronomers detect signals from first stars in the universe
Dr Andrew Pontzen (UCL Physics & Astronomy) helps explain an extraordinary new discovery: signals from the first stars in the universe.
Read: GuardianCould Theresa May lose the customs union vote?
Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Political Science) explains that the Parliaments Act would prevent Theresa May from combining a vote of confidence with a vote on the customs union amendment, in an attempt to cajole Tory rebels.
Read: FT (£)Most cannabis in England is 'super strength'
Professor Valerie Curran (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) comments on a study finding that an increasing proportion of cannabis seized by police in England is of a high potency.
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