UCL in the media
A university funding system designed to crush the aspirations of the poor
In an op-ed piece, Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy) looks at how changes to university funding in the government's spending review will be detrimental to the poorest students.
Read: Guardian'Delusional' to compare universities using graduate employment
Speaking at the SRHE conference, Professor Simon Marginson (UCL Institute of Education) says it is "delusional" to attempt to measure the success of higher education institutions using data on graduate employment.
Read: THE (£)Two crucial omissions that could jeopardise Paris climate hopes
Following the Paris climate agreement, Dr Tristan Smith (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources) explains why shipping and aviation need to rein in their emissions if we are to limit global warming.
Read: The Conversation, More: IndependentChildren who go to high quality pre-school 'twice as likely' to go on to Sixth Form
The latest analysis of data from the Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education project has found that students who attended pre-school were more likely to take AS-level exams than those who had not.
Read: Nursery WorldU.K. research wins hollow victory
Commenting on the government's spending review, Dr Jenny Rohn (UCL Nephrology) says "as the dust settles, more people are thinking this is not such a good deal".
Read: Science (£)Tim Peake launch
Professor Lucie Green (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) explains what Tim Peake's mission to the International Space Station means to her and how it can inspire children studying science.
Watch: BBC Two 'Victoria Derbyshire' (from 1 hour 23 mins)Islands win a tougher climate deal
Professor Michael Grubb (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources) says the 1.5C target was not credible because it would require the government to raise energy prices and build thousands of onshore wind farms.
Read: Times (£), More: Telegraph, New ScientistBest or Keegan?
In a soon to be published study, Dr Chia-Jung Tsay (UCL School of Management) tested whether investors prefer to back someone who displays innate ability or someone considered a hard worker.
Read: The Economist, More: Huffington PostBritain must dig deep to meet tough new climate change goal
Professor Simon Lewis (UCL Geography) said: "To meet a target of well below 2C above pre-industrial levels will require leaving the vast majority of fossil fuel reserves in the ground".
Read: Times (£), More: Wall Street Journal, Sunday TimesWhat alcohol does to your body after the age of 40
Professor Paul Wallace (UCL Primary Care & Population Health) says: "Alcohol affects just about every system because it's a small molecule that goes everywhere in the body".
Read: Telegraph