UCL in the media
Unions call for teachers to boycott literacy and numeracy tests for four-year-old pupils
The test used to assess four-years old in reception class when they start school does not accurately reflect children's ability at this age, according to research carried out by the UCL Institute of Education for the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT).
Read: Daily Mail, More: Schools Week, TES, Nursery Week, UCL NewsFree university tuition 'could lead to poor subsidising the rich'
John Jerrim (UCL Institute of Education) has argued that England should not scrap tuition fees because "free" university education could lead to the "poor subsidising the rich".
Read: THE (£)Gravitational waves: why it's impossible not to be thrilled by this discovery
Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy) says that not only was building LIGO experiment a towering achievement but its success is both stunning and the results totally convincing.
Read: GuardianGravitational waves special
Dr Andrew Pontzen (UCL Physics & Astronomy) joins a live studio panel to examine the science of gravitational waves, and how LIGO is both an eye and an ear on the motion of distant objects.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Inside Science'A century on - Einstein's theory is proved right
Professor Arthur Miller (UCL Science & Technology Studies) explains how the discovery of gravitational waves fits in with the rest of Albert Einstein's work.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The World Tonight' (from 13 mins 23 secs)My Perfect Country: Costa Rica
Professor Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity) looks at the progressive energy policy implemented by Costa Rica that is leading the way in the race to be carbon neutral.
Listen: BBC World Service 'My Perfect Country'Lima's 'Wall of Shame' and the gated communities that build poverty into Peru
Dr Camillo Boano (UCL Development Planning Unit) explains how the borrowed concept of gated communities is dividing rich from poor in the Peruvian capital.
Read: The ConversationFrance anti-terror law clears first hurdle as Fabius steps down
Professor Philippe Marliere (UCL SELCS) comments on France's lower house approval of a bill to strip French-born terrorists of their nationality and enshrine the state of emergency in the constitution.
Read: Financial TimesDo scientists make the best science ministers?
Professor Graeme Reid (Office of the UCL Vice-Provost, Research) questions whether science ministers should be experts in science.
Read: Research Fortnight (£)The Race Equality Charter awards are not a quick win
Commenting on the Race Equality Charter awards, Fiona McClement (UCL Equalities & Diversity) says that her team wanted to get involved because the charter offered a "structured, cohesive, focused way" of building on the efforts that staff were already making.
Read: Research Fortnight (£)