UCL in the media
Japan's politicians have a problem with 'comfort women'
Gender awareness training for Japanese conservative politicians is long overdue, and Osaka's mayor should be first up, says Dr Maki Kimura (UCL Political Science).
Read: GuardianWarning on high tunnel toll
Tolls on the planned east-west link would have to be three times the current cost of an average trip on CityLink for the project's investors to make a profit, a study led by UCL has found.
Read: The Age More: The AgeConsciousness: Why aren't we all zombies?
Professor Geraint Rees (UCL Psychology) and Professor Chris Frith (UCL Institute of Neurology) comment on the benefits of consciousness.
Read: New ScientistWhat's the best way to teach languages?
"What we're moving towards now is teaching which still has the aim of producing fluent language speakers but with a lot more emphasis on making children aware of how the language actually works," said Professor Richard Hudson (UCL Linguistics).
Read: Guardian More: Guardian (2)Evaluation is key to history teaching
Professor Kathleen Burk (UCL History) is one of many academics writing to The Times to defend the Historical Association.
Read: Times (£)Students go abroad to immerse themselves in a new culture
UK branch campuses often fulfil a major role in the countries where they are based. UCL's postgraduate branch campus in Education City, Qatar provides a suite of cultural heritage degrees few international universities can match.
Read: GuardianChris Hadfield: astronaut, troubadour, tweeter - and a true Space Oddity
"In the old days, the astronaut corps was almost a silent priesthood. No one knew much about them. And their operations in space were a black box," said Dr Kevin Fong (UCL Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology).
Read: GuardianHow philosophy could help Iain Duncan Smith
Our difficulty is that there are several different plausible conceptions of fairness, and they can point in different directions, says Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy) has a few ideas.
Read: GuardianWere the Victorians cleverer than us?
Dr James Thompson (UCL Psychology) comments on a new study that claims that we have 14 IQ points less than our 19th Century ancestor.
Read: Daily MailMinoan civilization was made in Europe
"For the last 30, 40 years there's been a growing sense that Minoan Crete was created by people indigenous to the island," says Professor Cyprian Broodbank (UCL Institute of Archaeology).
Read: Nature