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Blackpool Challenge Board
Professor Sonia Blandford (UCL Institute of Education) will chair the Blackpool Challenge Board, which has been established to help improve all schools across the area.
Listen: BBC Radio Lancashire 'Breakfast' (from 2 hours 22 mins)Singapore-style teaching helps solve problem of maths failure
A study led by Dr John Jerrim (UCL Institute of Education) shows that children in England who were taught through the Singaporean "maths mastery" approach learn faster than their classmates.
Read: Guardian, More: Independent, Financial Times, Telegraph, The ConversationCopper materials
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) explains why whisky distilling makes use of copper.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Business Daily' (from 3 mins 16 secs)The unstoppable rise of the discounters
Commenting on the popularity of discount shops, Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) says: "The no gimmicks, no frills, 'here we are saving money' message means people buy a lot more just because no one is trying to convince them to do it".
Read: BBC NewsExperts shocked at 65-year-old's IVF quadruplets
Commenting on the case of a German woman had IVF quadruplets at the age of 65, Dr Francoise Shenfield (UCL Reproductive Health) says: "It's the kind of tale which makes headlines around the world and skews the image of our field".
Read: Shanghai DailyHere's what better relations with the US mean for city farms in Cuba
Dr Emily Morris (UCL Institute of the Americas) explains the influence warming relations with the US could have on city farms in Cuba.
Read: The ConversationI'm out: compulsory register would deter external examiners
Derfel Owen (UCL Academic Services) comments on plans for a national register of external examiners.
Read: THE (£)The Line: east London's new art trail
Dr Nina Pearlman (UCL Art Museum) comments on The Line, a recently opened public art trail linking the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the O2 Arena.
Read: Financial TimesDuckworth-Lewis has had a good innings in one-day cricket. Is it time for it to retire?
Professor Ian Preston (UCL Economics) suggests an alternative for the Duckworth-Lewis method in cricket.
Read: The ConversationAfter years of conflict, mega project could help scientists decipher the brain
Sanjeevan Ahilan (UCL Biosciences) explains why those in charge of the Human Brain Project are right to accept that building an artificial brain is easier said than done.
Read: The Conversation