UCL in the media
Chromatography
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) discusses the origins, development and uses of chromatography.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time'Guernsey 11 plus could be scrapped
Professor Andy Green (UCL Institute of Education) explains why he believes proposals to end 11 plus exams in Guernsey will make the secondary education system fair and equitable for all students.
Listen: BBC Radio Guernsey 'Jim Cathcart' (from 1 hour 52 mins)Oxford students' fight to topple Cecil Rhodes statue was the easy option
Professor Peter Scott (UCL Institute of Education) says that students should campaign for fair access to universities or against tuition fees rather than the removal of statues of controversial figures.
Read: GuardianLinking bowel cancer screening tests to GPs 'could save 2,000 lives every year'
A study led by Professor Rosalind Raine (UCL Applied Health Research) has found that almost 40,000 extra people would undergo bowel cancer screening every year if their GP explicitly endorsed it.
Read: MirrorMiddle-aged people are unhappiest and most anxious in Britain
Professor Andrew Steptoe (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) said: "If as we suspect happiness is beneficial for health, it follows that people who are less happy may not survive to such an old age. The oldest age categories will therefore include a greater proportion of happier people".
Read: IndependentDrug removes Alzheimer's trigger
Professor Sir Mark Pepys (UCL Medicine) has led the development of a new drug for Alzheimer's disease which is ready to be tested on patients after it showed promising results in mice.
Read: Times (£), More: Daily ExpressPolice degrees
Professor Gloria Laycock (UCL Security & Crime Science) comments on a new proposal by the College of Policing that says all new police officers should have a degree.
Listen: BBC Radio Wales 'Good Morning Wales' (from 1 hour 26 mins)Teachers 'over-predict' results in race for university places
Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President & Provost) said that UCL's standard offer is one A* grade and two As or three A grades, adding that last year, "we did drop down one grade for about 9 per cent or so of students that we admitted".
Read: Telegraph, More: BBC News, IndependentStonehenge burials show 'surprising degree' of gender equality
Bone analysis by research student Christie Willis (UCL Archaeology) has found a high degree of gender equality in Stonehenge burials.
Read: BBC News, More: Daily Mail, Times (£), Listen: BBC Wiltshire 'Ben Prater' (from 52 mins 29 secs)'One day I'm German, the next I'm Scottish'
Professor Rosemary Varley (UCL Language & Cognition) says that psychological effects, such as loss of identity, are well known in Foreign Accent Syndrome sufferers.
Read: Daily Mail