UCL in the media
Children at risk as nurseries face funding squeeze
A new report by the UCL Institute of Education warns of the possibility of a shortage in the childcare workforce once the economy begins to improve.
Read: Telegraph, More: Daily MirrorFailed your GCSEs? You should blame your genes
Commenting on a study on GCSE grades and genetics, Professor John Hardy (UCL Molecular Neuroscience) added: "These results are interesting, therefore, but by no means definitive and it would be unwise to make educational decisions based on these data".
Read: Telegraph, More: GuardianStreet view challenge as Google maps Mongolia
Dr James Cheshire (UCL Geography) explains why Google is trying to map ever more far-flung places, such as Mongolia.
Watch: Sky NewsA fossil snake with four legs
Professor Susan Evans (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) comments on the discovery of the first four-legged fossil snake.
Read: National Geographic, More: The Times (£)Apprentices will miss out on national living wage
Professor Alison Fuller (UCL Institute of Education) says that new living wage proposals should be inclusive of apprentices.
Read: TESFamily policy
Belinda Brown (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) joins a discussion on whether the needs of the traditional family - often with a stay at home parent - are being overlooked.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Woman's Hour' (from 18 mins 34 secs)What you need to know about your chances of getting dementia
Dr Claudia Cooper (UCL Psychiatry) helps to examine whether certain environmental and lifestyle factors actually effect your chances of getting dementia.
Read: BuzzfeedUK satellite Twinkle will boost search for Earth-like exoplanets
Dr Giovanna Tinetti (UCL Physics & Astronomy) explains how low-cost commercial science could be the way to get more eyes in the sky.
Read: The ConversationBasis for eating disorders found in children as young as eight
A study led by Dr Nadia Micali (UCL Institute of Child Health) has found that children as young as eight can experience dissatisfaction with the size and shape of their body that puts them at risk of eating disorders in their teens.
Read: Guardian, More: Independent, Daily Mail, Listen: BBC London 94.9 'Vanessa Feltz' (from 5 mins 54 secs), More: BBC Radio 5 live '5 live Drive' (from 22 mins 30 secs)New drug could slow progress of Alzheimer's
Commenting on new Alzheimer's drug, solanezumab, Professor John Hardy (UCL Molecular Neuroscience) said that if the drug worked as suggested then it could be hugely important as a signpost for future research.
Read: Times (£), More: Guardian, Daily Mail, The Australian, The Observer