UCL in the media
Are anti-bullying efforts making it worse?
Targeting bullies is a great way to fail at stopping bullying, says Dr Stuart Twemlow (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) as targeted bully prevention programs "are, at best, marginally helpful".
Read: CBS NewsDramatic rise in cyclists in London road 'revolution'
Research by the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis has shown that between 2001 and 2011 the number of cyclists in London rose from 77,000 to nearly 155,000.
Read: Evening StandardAn iconoclast's next act
Honorary Professor Noreena Hertz (Office of the UCL Vice-Provost, Research) talks about her new book Eyes Wide Open and says that we are a society "addicted to experts," having ceded our responsibility, substituting their wisdom for our intelligence.
Read: NewsweekThousands of older people feel written off by the NHS, study claims
"This research on a large representative sample of older people in England shows high levels of age discrimination," says Professor Andrew Steptoe (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health).
Read: Telegraph More: ReutersCampaigners attack plan to drop data
Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) said the loss of such data could make it harder to address the gap in life expectancy between rich and poor.
Read: FT (£)Darwin Toolbox: the portable DIY biotechnology lab-in-a-box
A team of University College London students are building a portable DIY biotechnology lab-in-a-box.
Read: Wired UKUCL makes profit from Kazakh university partnership
University College London has made profit from its partnership with a university in Kazakhstan.
Read: London StudentThe Museum of Curiosity: Palmer, Sommer, O'Neill
Evolutionary anthropologist Professor Volker Sommer (UCL Anthropology) discusses humans and other great apes with musician Amanda Palmer and occult comedian Andrew O'Neill.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 The Museum of CuriosityCan you trade love for wealth? The economics of Breaking Bad
The acclaimed television series Breaking Bad has ended. Professor Steffen Huck (UCL Economics) comments on what it can teach us about economics.
Read: The SpectatorNobel prize: well done Higgs theorists but what about the experimenters?
Full credit to Higgs and Englert for Cern Large Hadron Collider discovery, but the Nobel falsely promotes view of 'lone genius', says Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy).
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