UCL in the media
Unwrapped - the secret to giving perfect gifts
In a paper titled The Psychology of Christmas Gift Giving, Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) says there appears to be no relationship between the cost of a gift and the extent to which it is liked or preferred.
Read: Sunday Times, More: Daily MailStop kicking downwards; start respecting primaries
The key to the success of England's primary schools, Professor Chris Husbands (UCL Institute of Education) says, is a genuinely rich curriculum that encompasses both academic and emotional skills.
Read: TESThe solution to London's airport capacity crisis? Do nothing
Following form the fierce debate over where to build London's next runway, Professor David Metz (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) looks at whether the solution may be to manage demand rather than "predict and provide".
Read: The ConversationFavourite science book
Dr Carina Fearnley (UCL Science & Technology Studies) explains why Risk Savvy by Gerd Gigerenzer is her favourite science book of the year.
Listen: BBC Radio Wales 'Science Cafe' (from 10 mins 30 secs)Paris climate agreement
Professor Simon Lewis (UCL Geography) says that countries will have to work hard to keep within the target rise in global temperatures regarded as safe as part of the Paris climate agreement.
Listen: BBC Radio 2 'Dermot O'Leary' (from 1 hour 1 min)Smoking and anxiety
Research by Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) found that smokers have a 70% increased chance of anxiety and depression compared to non-smokers.
Listen: BBC Tees 'Mike Parr' (from 1 hour 10 mins)The health gap: the challenge of an unequal world
Professor Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) examines the effect social disadvantage has on health.
Read: Lancet (£)Obesity as dangerous as terror threat, warns medical chief
Commenting on Dame Sally Davies's obesity warnings, Professor Nick Finer (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) said: "Elevating the problem of obesity to a national risk could help to address the current laissez-faire attitude to this huge, angry, growing health catastrophe".
Read: BBC News, More: Daily Mail, Telegraph, Times (£), Mirror, Listen: BBC Three Counties 'The JVS Show' (from 42 mins 48 secs)Obesity and poverty go hand in hand
An analysis led by Professor Yvonne Kelly (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) has found that Britain's poorest children are almost three times as likely to be obese as the richest.
Read: Mirror, More: Daily Express, ITV NewsNHS chiefs' U-turn over life-extending ovarian cancer drug
Professor Jonathan Ledermann (CRUK Cancer Trials Centre at UCL) said: "While today's decision by NICE will be welcomed by all those involved in treating and supporting women with this disease, it is disappointing that the decision has taken so long and some will still not have access".
Read: Daily Mail