UCL in the media
'She was the love of his life. Then he killed her'
Professor Nick Fox (UCL Neurodegenerative diseases) comments on the case of Graham Glover, who murdered his wife because of a little-known aspect of dementia.
Read: IndependentUCL seeking new site for Stratford campus
UCL is seeking a new site for its £1 billion Stratford campus after abandoning a joint proposal with Newham Council.
Read: THE More: UCL News FT BBC Evening Standard Construction News Building Newham Recorder Newham Recorder (2) Nature Watch: BBC London News (no link) BBC Breakfast (no link) Listen: LBC's Nick Ferrari (from 1 hour, 2 mins) LBC's James O'Brien (from 2 mins)What next for postgraduate students?
Professor David Bogle (UCL Graduate School) was part of a recent roundtable discussion about the challenges faced by the sector.
Read: GuardianFrench voters have had enough of François Hollande and his government
Austerity and corruption - and disgust at the style of the presidency - have created profound disillusionment on the left, writes Professor Philippe Marliere (UCL French).
Read: GuardianLegal aid reform
Professor Richard Moorhead (UCL Laws) is one of ten law academics writing to The Times about "the potentially devastating and irreversible consequences for access to justice if the Government's plans to cut criminal legal aid and introduce a system of tendering based on price alone are introduced."
Read: Times (£)Glow-in-The-Dark Plant Makes Activists See Red
An Israeli startup selling genetically-modified glow-in-the-dark plants over the web has drawn the ire of environmentalists who are demanding it be withdrawn. Professor John Ward (UCL Biochemical Engineering) comments that the affect a glow-in-th-dark gene would have on local environments would be negligible.
Read: Wall Street JournalMeasures to tackle TB
Dr Alistair Story (UCL Infection & Population Health) comments that global targets to reduce the disease by half won't be met.
Listen: BBC Radio 5 Live's Shelagh Fogarty (from 19 mins)Cuba Challenges Australian Tobacco Rules
Cuba is seeking to overturn Australia's tough tobacco-labeling rules at the World Trade Organization. "They're keen on trademark protection for their premium cigars," said Dr Emily Morris (UCL Institute of the Americas).
Read: New York Times International Herald Tribune (no link)Genetic profile testing to improve NHS cancer care
"The future is being able to do many gene tests on a small amount of tissue, and what we are seeing is the beginning of that type of technology impacting on the future on NHS care," said Professor Charles Swanton (UCL Oncology).
Read: ITVThe electromagnetic wave festival
Dr Kevin Chetty (UCL Security & Crime Science) comments about passive wifi radar at the electromagnetic wave festival.
Listen: BBC Radio 4's PM (from 52 mins)