UCL in the media
My Perfect Country: India
Professor Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity) examines India's pioneering work on sanitation for women.
Listen: BBC World Service 'My Perfect Country'Elements: Tantalum and Niobium
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) explains the history and use of the elements Tantalum and Niobium.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Business Daily' (from 1 min 18 secs)Banksy lawyers delayed geographical profiling study
Dr Spencer Chainey (UCL Security & Crime Science) says that the use of geographical profiling on the distribution of Banksy's graffiti is an intriguing and "perfectly legitimate" application of the technique.
Read: BBC NewsWhat impact would Catalan independence have on universities?
Professor Antonio Cabrales (UCL Economics) says that he stands by his decision to leave Spain, claiming that Spain's "fiscal situation does not look like it is going to get any better any time soon".
Read: THE (£)Why the World Service is worth every penny
In My Perfect Country, broadcast on BBC World Service, Professor Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute of Global Prosperity), Martha Lane Fox and Fi Glover, have been looking at ideas and initiatives from across the world that could be brought together to construct an ideal state.
Read: SpectatorNineveh
Dr Mark Altaweel (UCL Archaeology) explains how the ancient city of Nineveh has been damaged over recent years.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Outlook' (from 18 mins 39 secs)Migrant crisis
Professor Christian Dustmann (UCL CReAM) comments on the refugee crisis in Greece.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'World at One' (from 24 mins 17 secs)E-cigarettes hailed for helping 20,000 smokers to kick habit
A study by Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) has found that electronic cigarettes have helped approximately 20,000 people give up smoking.
Read: Times (£), More: Times (£) (2), Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 1 hour 44 mins), More: BBC Radio Kent 'Julia George' (from 2 hours 10 mins)Climate change adaptation in global megacities protects wealth - not people
A study by Professor Mark Maslin and Lucien Georgeson (both UCL Geography) has found that developed cities are spending significantly more than developing cities on measures to adapt to the impacts of climate change - with spending seemingly linked to wealth rather than number of vulnerable people.
Read: The Conversation, More: Wall Street Journal (£)Wales devolution
Alan Trench (UCL Constitution Unit) comments on a report by the Welsh Affairs Select Committee that suggest the Wales devolution bill should be subject to a "pause".
Listen: BBC Radio Wales 'Good Evening Wales' (from 2 hours 11 mins)