UCL in the media
Income-contingent loans 'could solve US student debt crisis'
A study by Professor Lorraine Dearden (UCL Institute of Education) has found that making repayment rules for student loans dependent on graduate income levels could alleviate the difficulties US students have in repaying their debts.
Read: THEDementia research under-resourced despite being 'greatest health challenge'
Professor Nick Fox (UCL Institute of Neurology) comments on targets of dementia research, in an article that mentions the new UK Dementia Research Institute, based at UCL.
Read: ExpressThe rise and fall of the neanderthal
Dr Matthew Pope (UCL Institute of Archaeology) is interviewed about the neanderthals and other topics throughout human history.
Listen: BBC Radio 5 live 'Up All Night' (from 1 hr 5 mins 58 secs)Tiny magnets covered in sugar could spot if cancer has spread
Professor Jayant Vaidya (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) comments on the development of magnetic beads that could be injected to help identify the lymph nodes closest to a cancerous tumour.
Read: Daily MailMost effective vocabulary learning technique revealed
UCL and language learning app Memrise announced the winner of the first 'Memprize', a competition to find the world's most efficient and effective vocabulary learning technique. Co-founder Dr Rosalind Potts (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) comments.
Read: The Guardian, More: UCL NewsWhat's next after Theresa May loses a Brexit vote
Professor Meg Russell (UCL Constitution Unit) is interviewed about the vote in the House of Lords asking Parliament to consider Brexit terms in more depth, and how soon the two houses could be expected to come to an agreement.
Watch: BBC Parliament 'The Week in Parliament' (from 6 mins 31 secs), More: BBC Two 'Newsnight' (from 18 mins 34 secs)Forgetting but not gone: dementia and the arts
A project led by Dr Sebastian Crutch (UCL Institute of Neurology) called Created Out of Mind seeks to explore the role of arts among dementia patients while challenging perceptions of the condition.
Read: The ObserverElon Musk says Tesla's batteries will help power South Australia
Dr Paul Shearing (UCL Chemical Engineering) is interviewed about the energy storage potential of batteries touted by Tesla founder Elon Musk as able to solve the energy problems of South Australia.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Newshour' (from 26 mins 40 secs)Anti-semitism and free speech on campus
Professor Geraint Rees (Dean, UCL Faculty of Life Sciences) is interviewed about issues of free speech and anti-semitism regarding an investigation he led into a protest in October 2016 at a UCLU Friends of Israel Society meeting.
Watch: BBC One 'Sunday Politics London' (from 43 mins 10 secs)Why Is the Ocean Blue?
Dr Helen Czerski (UCL Mechanical Engineering) writes an 'everyday physics' column about why the ocean appears to be blue.
Read: Wall Street Journal (£)