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UCL celebrates 150th anniversary of Japan's Choshu Five
UCL celebrates the story of five young Japanese students who were smuggled out of Japan in 1863 and studied chemistry at UCL.
Read: THE More: Chemistry World UCL News BBC World (Chinese) Japan NewsHome Office immigration research
Professor John Salt (UCL Geography) comments on new research from the Home Office that suggests half the population of England and Wales live in areas of relatively high immigration.
Listen: (from 1 hour, 14 mins)Battle for the Southbank
Professor Iain, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, argues that architecture enriches the London skateboarding community, and skateboarding invigorates the architecture.
Read: Evening StandardDigital Humanities: new thinking paradigm shift in the humanities
"In the future, Digital Humanities will become one of the mainstream subjects in Humanities Research," said Dr Melissa Terras (UCL Information Studies).
Read: CSS TodayJames Buchanan: Worst US president?
"Here's the problem with presidential rating - are you rating leadership or what they did?" said Professor Iwan Morgan (UCL Institute of Americas).
Read: BBC NewsImmigrant amnesty is a bad idea
Ann Widdecombe criticises UCL alumnus Nadhim Zahawi for calling for a one-off immigrant amnesty.
Read: ExpressBMI index may be wrongly applied by doctors for ethnic groups
"There is clear evidence that people from black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups are at a higher risk of diabetes than white populations with the same BMI," said Professor Catherine Law (UCL Institute of Child Health).
Read: IndependentThe Killer Shrews
The Grant Museum's giant jars and containers filled with sometimes alarming zoological specimens supply a rather fine atmosphere for its B-movie film nights, particularly when the film is as appropriate as this week's offering.
Read: Time OutPirate trial reveals brutality on high seas
European courts do not impose death - and tend to sentence Somali pirates to less than 10 years, says Dr Douglas Guilfoyle (UCL Laws), who specialises in the international law of piracy.
Read: BBC NewsReview: A Crisis of Brilliance, 1908-1922
set against a backdrop of intense creativity at the Slade School of Fine Art in the years just before WWI, the story of this particular gang of students - David Bomberg, Mark Gertler, Dora Carrington, Paul Nash, CRW Nevinson and Stanley Spencer - is captivating.
Read: Time Out