UCL in the media
Don't drag Queen into tax credits row, PM told
Professor Meg Russell (UCL Constitution Unit) says that there is a limit to what the prime minister could do in the face of determined Lords opposition to the government's planned cuts to tax credits given that the Queen had to approve all peerages.
Read: Times (£), More: The Week, Listen: BBC Radio 4 The World Tonight (from 9 min 30 sec)We have 15 years to halt biodiversity loss, can it be done?
In an opinion piece, Dr Richard Pearson (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) explains why achieving the UN's ambitious new target will require some big changes.
Read: The ConversationRenowned historian Lisa Jardine dies aged 71
Professor Lisa Jardine (UCL Centre for Editing Lives & Letters), founding Director of the UCL Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, has passed away age 71.
Read: Guardian, More: BBC News, Independent, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Jewish Chronicle, Nature, BMJ, UCL News, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Last Word' (from 35 secs)Xi Jinping: China has taught UK schools discipline - and learned about play
President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China attended the opening ceremony of the UK Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms Annual Conference, organised by UCL Institute of Education.
Read: Guardian, More: China Daily, UCL NewsThe megacity challenge
Commenting on the rapid growth of cities into global powerhouses, Professor Julio Davila (UCL Development Planning Unit) says: ""Growth and how to manage it is a huge challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, in large parts of Asia including India and, right now, in China".
Read: Public Finance InternationalSpeaking up for the public PhD viva
In an opinion piece Professor David Bogle (Head of the UCL Graduate School) explains why he is in favour of the continental practice of examining a doctoral thesis before an audience.
Read: THE (£)Lawyers express concern over ministerial code rewrite
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) comments on a rewrite of the ministerial code which omits reference to members of the government being bound by international law.
Read: GuardianSino-Tibetan populations shed light on human cooperation
In an opinion piece Professor Ruth Mace (UCL Anthropology) examines why humans collaborate with those we aren't related to and whether the answer might lie in the tradition of marriage.
Read: The ConversationTalkTalk cyberattack
Dr Steven Murdoch (UCL Computer Science) discusses the major cyber-attack on TalkTalk's systems.
Listen: BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 'Dotty Mcleod' (from 2 hours 13 mins)Health inequality kills - and now is the time to close the gap
Globally, people are dying of preventable health inequalities and although it is a complex problem to fix, we must do so says Professor Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) in an opinion piece.
Read: New Scientist (£)