UCL in the media
Terry Jones: `I've got dementia. My frontal lobe has absconded'
Professor Nick Fox (UCL Institute of Neurology) comments on the Monty Python actor's diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
Read: The ObserverAre police forces equipped for changing crime patterns after years of cuts?
Professor Gloria Laycock (UCL Security and Crime Science) is interviewed about the challenges facing the new Metropolitan police commissioner Cressida Dick.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 2 hrs 55 mins)Umbilical cord blood could slow brain's ageing, study suggests
Professor Rob Howard (UCL Psychiatry) says that while a study using infusions of a protein found in umbilical cord blood is interesting, it may just add to the list of Alzheimer's studies that have proven successful in mice but not in humans.
Read: The GuardianMastercard launches card that replaces PIN with fingerprint sensor
Dr Steven Murdoch (UCL Computer Science) expects the trial will aim to answer how reliable the technology is and how physically robust the new cards are.
Read: The RegisterOcean on Saturn's icy moon has hot vents suitable for life
Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Space & Climate Physics) talks about the last voyage of the Cassini spacecraft and recent evidence of 'the building blocks for basic life' on one of Saturn's moons.
Read: Financial Times, More: The Times (£), Guardian, BBC News, The Telegraph, ITV News, Daily Star, Daily Mail, The ExpressAssessing PhD supervisors 'leads to higher completion rates'
Speaking at an international conference on developments in doctoral education and training, Professor David Bogle (UCL Doctoral School) said that universities' goal must be to create doctoral graduates who were "creative, critical, autonomous intellectual risk-takers" and could act as "drivers of their professional development".
Read: Times Higher EducationChinese progress yet to turn tide
Comparing performance of China and India's higher education sectors, one metric where Indian universities tend to score higher is the number of doctorates awarded. Lili Yang (UCL Institute of Education) said that this may be explained by China's PhD system being much more planned.
Read: Times Higher EducationA weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Professor Rachel Bowlby (UCL English) discusses the many "pleasures and enchantments" of Marie Darrieussecq's 2003 novel White.
Read: Times Higher EducationLife skills are important for wellbeing in later life
A study led by Professor Andrew Steptoe (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health) found that five life skills - emotional stability, determination, control, optimism and conscientiousness - play a key role in promoting educational and occupational success throughout life.
Read: The Telegraph, More: Daily Mail, UCL NewsObesity: How Prejudiced Is the NHS?
Professor Rachel Batterham (UCL Medicine) presents a programme discussing the prejudices faced by obese patients seeking bariatric surgery which could be both life-changing and cost-effective.
Watch: BBC Two