UCL in the media
No-show women at cervical screening 'unaware of test'
A study led by Dr Jo Waller (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) finds that nearly a quarter of women who don't make cervical screening appointments are unaware that the process even exists.
Read: BBC News, More: Daily Mail, ExpressThe link between memory problems and epilepsy
Professor Ley Sander (UCL Institute of Neurology) explains that memory problems are very common in people with epilepsy.
Read: Daily MailSponsored academies not succeeding with bright, disadvantaged pupils
A study by Professor Becky Francis (UCL Institute of Education) finds that while academy schools produce good results for disadvantaged pupils overall, only a handful nurture the talents of bright, poorer pupils.
Read: The Independent, More: TESHow a simple haircut can save a man's life
Dr John Barry (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) conducted a study into the potential mental health benefits of barber shops as men-only spaces.
Read: The TelegraphHow to eavesdrop on urban bats with smart sensors
UCL scientists led by Professor Kate Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) and Dr Gabriel Brostow (UCL Computer Science) are studying the urban life of bats in unprecedented detail using sensors installed in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Read: BBC News, More: BBC Radio 4 'Today', BBC Breakfast News (from 2 hours 21 mins), BBC Radio 4 'Inside Science' from (14 mins), BBC World Service 'Weekend' (from 19 mins 42 secs), BBC World Service 'Newshour' (from 14 mins 28 secs), UCL NewsProposals for EU citizens' post-Brexit rights worry universities
UCL President & Provost, Professor Michael Arthur, says that the fate of EU staff is a critical issue for institutions.
Read: THEBank 'using weak wages to avoid raising rates'
Dame DeAnne Julius (UCL Council) says the Bank of England should raise interest rates.
Read: The Times (£)Why victims of Facebook's bizarre hate speech policy have trouble leaving the network
Dr Steven Murdoch (UCL Computer Science) says that Facebook is a social monopoly and in order to get an audience, people need to stay involved with the dominant player.
Read: WiredThe thinking process of the visual artist
Architects, painters and sculptors conceive of spaces in different ways from other people and from each other, finds a new study led by Dr Hugo Spiers (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences).
Read: Pacific Standard, More: Fast Company, The Conversation, UCL NewsDecaf coffee chemical could delay recovery of ozone layer
Dr David Rowley (UCL Chemistry) says that a gas used in many industrial processes as well as decaffeination has a much wider range of uses than CFCs and would therefore be much harder to restrict than the CFCs.
Read: The Times (£)