UCL in the media
The internet is running out of room - but we can save it
Researchers met at the Royal Society in London this week to discuss a coming internet "capacity crunch". Professor Polina Bayvel (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering) explains how her work can help prevent this by increasing the useful capacity of optical fibres.
Read: New Scientist (£)UK 'biggest online university course'
UCL has entered into a partnership with FutureLearn, the UK-based social learning platform, which will see it launch two massive open online courses (MOOCs) in the next 12 months.
Read: BBC News, More: UCL NewsAn emotional challenge but no permanent harm
Commenting on the publication of Prince Charles's 'spider letters', Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Constitution Unit) said: "We should applaud the fact that Prince Charles is not a playboy, but someone who takes a serious interest in public policy".
Read: Times (£), Watch: BBC Two 'Newsnight' (from 24 mins 23 secs)Strange Creatures at Night
Jack Ashby (UCL Grant Museum of Zoology) discusses Strange Creatures at Night - a special ate opening of the new Strange Creatures: the art of unknown animal exhibition as part of Museums at Night.
Listen: BBC London 94.9 'Breakfast' (from 2 hours 53 mins)Recidivist nationalism is outdated in a union of shared resources and pooled sovereignty
Dr Michael Collins (UCL History) looks at the extent of Labour's defeat in Scotland and what the rise of the SNP could mean for the future.
Read: Herald ScotlandPsychiatric drugs do more harm than good
Dr Michael Bloomfield (UCL Psychiatry) says that Peter Gøtzsche's, professor and director of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Denmark, view that most psychotropic drugs could be stopped without harm was not supported by the evidence.
Read: GuardianMidlife guide: how to stay healthy over 40
Professor Hugh Montgomery (UCL Clinical Physiology) says it is important for middle-aged people not to push themselves too far, too fast when starting exercise.
Read: Times (£)Shell's record adds to the anger of those opposing Arctic drilling
Commenting on Shell receiving US Arctic drilling approval, Dr Christophe McGlade (UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources) says that the costs and risks of Arctic reserves were too high, especially if climate regulations reduced the demand for fossil fuels in general.
Read: New York TimesSchools haven't always been the safe havens of today's 'mini welfare states'
Professor Gary McCulloch (UCL Institute of Education) explains that Victorian schools were alien territory for children and that after World War II many schools were crumbling and unsafe.
Read: The ConversationBangladesh blogger killings have roots in independence struggle
Dr Ashraf Hoque (UCL Anthropology) says that three secular political bloggers have been killed in Bangladesh since the start of 2015 - but the outrage behind the murders started a long time ago.
Read: The Conversation