UCL in the media
Reception children with poor language skills still struggling by Year 2
Professor Courtenay Norbury (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) comments on her study comparing academic and behavioural outcomes of children who speak English as an additional language with their peers with similar levels of English language proficiency.
Read: TESHow poor NHS testing and antibiotic use is creating super-strength cystitis
Professor James Malone-Lee (UCL Nephrology) writes about the need to review approaches to diagnosis and patient care to improve treatments of urinary tract infections.
Read: The ConversationCan we shoot garbage into the sun?
Professor Lucie Green (UCL Space & Climate Physics) and Dr Andrew Pontzen (UCL Physics & Astronomy) are interviewed about the logistics of launching rubbish into space, and what would happen to it, as part of a radio programme led by Dr Hannah Fry (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis).
Listen: BBC World Service 'Discovery'Finding His Place, Reluctantly, in the Tribe of Judaism
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) is interviewed about his research into the Holocaust and perspectives on genocide and crimes against humanity, and the stories of his family and of other descendants of perpetrators and victims of the Holocaust. He has just published a book on the subject.
Read: New York TimesThe 800-year-old golden rhinoceros that challenged apartheid South Africa
Dr John Giblin (UCL Archaeology) writes about a sculpture which will be displayed in the British Museum and is designated as a National Treasure in South Africa.
Read: The ConversationArctic nations square up as clamour for resources grows
Professor Chris Rapley (UCL Earth Sciences) comments on the economic, ecological and geopolitical implications of thinning Arctic ice.
Read: The Guardian, More: The Times (£)We didn't evolve from 'aquatic apes'
Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) writes about the theory that many human characteristics could have evolved from our ancestors spending time in the water, and how the theory has been disproven.
Read: The ConversationThe arrest of Abimael Guzman
Dr Paulo Drinot (UCL Institute of the Americas) discusses what happened to Peru's Shining Path movement after its leader was arrested.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The History Hour'May plan to block economic migrants will be difficult
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) is interviewed about Theresa May's plan to restrict migrants entering the UK, saying she would need to press for wide reforms of the 1951 UN Convention.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 2 hrs 45 mins 55 secs), Read: The Times (£), Sky NewsUK 'must strike special funding deal with EU for universities' post-Brexit
UCL President & Provost, Professor Michael Arthur writes that the UK needs to ensure that UK universities remain among the best worldwide by retaining a strong connection with the EU.
Read: Evening Standard