UCL in the media
Bearing witness: giving evidence to a parliamentary committee
Professor Graeme Reid (Office of the UCL Vice-Provost, Research) says there are plenty of things academics can do to make the process of giving evidence to parliamentary committee inquiries more enjoyable.
Read: Research Fortnight (£)Handling sensitive research with care
Priscilla Alderson (UCL Institute of Education) says that opinion is divided on whether sharing personal information is a good idea when gathering evidence through interviews on sensitive subjects.
Read: Research Fortnight (£)THE announces the most international universities in the world in 2016
UCL has been ranked number 18 in a list of the world's most international universities 2016 by Times Higher Education and 10th in the world for proportion of overseas students.
Read: THE, More: THE (2), Telegraph, Evening Standard, Yorkshire Post, Times of IndiaCould this be the end of cystitis?
Research by Professor Gabriel Waksman (UCL/Birkbeck Institute of Structural & Molecular Biology), and the University of Virginia reveals the structure used by bacteria to anchor onto the lining of the urinary tract, which allows them to thrive and cause infections.
Read: Daily Mail, More: UCL NewsWhy the Calabrian mafia in Australia is so little recognised and understood
In an opinion piece, Dr Stephen Bennetts (UCL SELCS) says that Australian scholars have almost universally downplayed evidence for the 'Ndrangheta's existence or significance, or avoided the topic altogether.
Read: The ConversationTuberculosis in the UK
Professor Andrew Hayward (UCL Infectious Disease Informatics) says England has the highest rate of Tuberculosis in Western Europe, with 40% of all cases in London.
Listen: BBC Radio London 94.9 'Vanessa Feltz' (from 1 hour 4 mins)Saturn
Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) joins a discussion on the planet Saturn with its rings of ice and rock and over 60 moons.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time'Drugs to treat Alzheimer's Disease will be available within decade
Speaking at the Royal Society, Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology) predicts that a treatment for Alzheimer's disease will be available within a decade and could ultimately be prescribed like statins to prevent the onset of the illness.
Read: Telegraph, More: Daily Mail, Daily Mail (2), The Sun, Times (£), Daily Express, Express and Star, National Post, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 10 mins 30 secs)The cyberattack on Ukraine's power grid is a warning of what's to come
Professor Steve Hailes and Nilufer Tuptuk (both UCL Computer Science) explain why the cyberattack that brought down a city's power supply in Ukraine is a cautionary tale for what lies ahead.
Read: The ConversationD'Alelio's resins
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) reveals the abrasive central figure, Gaetano Frank D'Alelio, of ion exchange resin development.
Read: Chemistry World