UCL in the media
Calls for 'complete overhaul' of UK university application process
Research by Dr Gillian Wyness (UCL Institute of Education) has found that the majority of students applying to university are predicted better A-level results than they ultimately achieve.
Read: The Guardian, More: BBC News, Times Educational Supplement, THE, THE (2)Brain study could help develop cyborgs that know where they stand
A new study from UCL researchers and Google's DeepMind lab is investigating how people know where they fit into social hierarchies.
Read: Daily MailScientists still don't understand the Anthropocene
Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) writes about the Anthropocene Epoch, challenging the view that the epoch defined by extensive human impact on the planet began around 1950.
Read: The ConversationCosmopolitanism and Private Education
Dr Claire Maxwell (UCL Institute of Education) discusses her research into the attitudes of privately-educated young women towards the idea of cosmopolitanism.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Thinking Allowed'Trump nominee to rekindle climate battle?
Professor Arthur Petersen (UCL Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy) is quoted saying the question of whether global temperature changes are related to human activity is settled beyond a reasonable doubt.
Read: BBC NewsBrexit could push UK universities 'off a cliff edge', major committee report warns
Written evidence published by the House of Commons Education Committee includes a warning from UCL that Brexit poses a "heightened reputational risk for UK education as a whole" and a call for the government to make up lost EU funds.
Read: The Independent, More: Financial Times, The GuardianLoneliness, affordability and green space: the challenge of building liveable cities
Professor Helene Joffe (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) took part in a panel discussing how to make cities more liveable, commenting that social connectedness is a key part of the equation.
Read: The GuardianWhat's growing on your desk?
Dr Adam Roberts (UCL Eastman Dental Institute) discusses antiobiotic resistance, and demonstrates that antibiotic resistant bacteria are everywhere by swabbing surfaces in the radio studio and testing them.
Listen: BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 'Naked Scientists' (from 29 mins 39 secs)UK schools fail to climb international league table
John Jerrim (UCL Institute of Education) comments on implications of the UK's performance in the Pisa educational rankings.
Read: The Guardian, More: The EconomistTalkTalk wi-fi router passwords 'stolen'
Dr Steven Murdoch (UCL Computer Science) comments on the security risks relating to passwords being stolen from TalkTalk internet customers.
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