UCL in the media
For a cash-strapped NHS, extending the meningitis B vaccine isn't cost-effective
Dr Helen Bedford (UCL Institute of Child Health) explains that the petition for calling for wider vaccine coverage for children is understandable, but the money might be better spent on the many other causes of death in the young.
Read: Guardian, More: Guardian (2)Brain activity and trauma
Research by Professor Eamon McCrory (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) has found that Children exposed to trauma show the same pattern of activity in their brains as soldiers exposed to combat.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'PM' (from 50 mins 43 secs), Watch: BBC NewsWorkload survival guide for academics
Dr Jennifer Rohn (UCL Nephrology) gives her advice on how to cope with the high academic workload and when to say no to opportunities.
Read: THE (£)Smoking cannabis does not raise risk of mental health
Claire Mokrysz (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) comments on the results of a study which suggest that cannabis does not raise the risk of mental health problems.
Read: The SunUCL Institute of Education names Becky Francis new director
Professor Becky Francis has been appointed as the next Director of the UCL Institute of Education (IOE), with effect from 1 July 2016.
Read: THE (£), More: Schools Week, TES, UCL NewsBotox for your bladder… and other incontinence treatments that work
Professor James Malone-Lee (UCL Nephrology) says many regular remedies are worse than useless, warns a leading specialist.
Read: SpectatorAtmosphere analysed on distant 'super-Earth'
UCL researchers have successfully detected gases in the atmosphere of a super-Earth for the first time, revealing the presence of hydrogen and helium, but no water vapour.
Read: BBC News, More: Daily Mail, Mirror, TIME, Washington Post, Wired, Discovery, UCL NewsInvasive species blamed as second biggest cause of extinctions
A study by Professor Tim Blackburn (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) has found that invasive species are the second biggest cause of species extinctions.
Read: New ScientistWhy Liverpool FC scrapped its ticket price hike - and it's nothing to do with "fairness"
Dr Paul Ormerod (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) explains the economical reasoning behind the owners of Liverpool FC's decision to withdraw a proposed ticket price increase and announce a two-year price freeze.
Read: City AME-cigarettes
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) debates the issues surrounding the UK's first licensed e-cig.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Inside Health' (from 3 mins 8 secs)