UCL in the media
Give Harry Potter a second chance to find happiness
Professor John Sutherland (UCL Department of English Language & Literature) looks at how authors reflect on their work and says: "If JK Rowling wants the wizard to be with Hermione, she can make it so".
Read: Financial Times (£)TS Eliot: Words tongued with fire
Can TS Eliot really be the nation's favourite poet? Remote, tormented, even 'daemonic' - he's scarier than you think, argues Professor Mark Ford (UCL Department of English Language & Literature).
Read: TelegraphTrial of pill to prevent HIV could lead to rise in promiscuity, scientists admit
Gay men will be given a pill to let them have unprotected sex without risking HIV infection. Dr Sheena McCormack (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL) says: "There is a big concern about the impact this might have on behaviour".
Read: The Times (£)Earliest human footprints outside Africa discovered in Norfolk
The earliest footprints left by humans outside Africa have been found in estuary mud in Norfolk. Nearby mammalian fossils support an age of over 800,000 years says Simon Parfitt (UCL Institute of Archaeology).
Read: Daily Mail, More: Independent, Eastern Daily Press, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Six O'Clock News' (from 24 mins)Modern doctoral training is 'closer' to employers' needs
Professor David Bogle (Head of UCL Graduate School) comments on how employers may be unaware of how doctorates have broadened to prepare postgraduates for work.
Read: THE, More: Research FortnightRobot sculptor finds Darwin in a block of resin
An upcoming exhibit at the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology will feature imaginative recreations of Darwin, inspired by a Victorian bust of the naturalist.
Read: New Scientist, More: ScienceUK migration policies 'pose skills risk'
Professor John Salt (UCL Geography) comments on how UK migration policy poses a risk to the UK's business reputation.
Read: Financial Times (£)UCL set to merge with Institute of Education
UCL Council will consider plans next week to merge with the Institute of Education, Britain's biggest postgraduate school of education.
Read: THE, More: The ConversationHow to teach maths
Professor Brian Butterworth (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) discusses inherited arithmetic ability and how this affects teaching maths.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'How to teach maths' (from 5 mins 20)Biomedicine: The changing face of primate research
Professor Roger Lemon (UCL Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders) comments on primate research in the UK.
Read: Nature