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Italian Election
"Italy needs to elect a new president, but Parliament does that, and it will be very important to see who that is," said Professor John Foot (UCL Italian).
Listen: BBC Radio 4's World at One (from 30 mins)20 children may have died needlessly at heart unit
Leeds General Infirmary was told to close the unit on Thursday after the NHS's most senior doctor became increasingly alarmed at care of children with cardiac conditions. Sir Roger Boyle (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science), head of a central unit which analyses NHS cardiac mortality data said: "The data we saw on Wednesday was preliminary but we saw a trajectory for Leeds which is very different from the other hospitals - it was at least twice the national average."
Read: TelegraphYou Are Feeling Very ... Uncertain
"There are of course some dramatic liberties taken, but the basic facts of hypnosis are correct." said Professor David Oakley (UCL Psychology and Language Sciences) and a consultant on Danny Boyle's latest film 'Trance.'
Read: New York TimesMixed Results On Computer-based Support For Diabetes
Dr Kingshuk Pal (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Public Health) said, "Our review shows that although popular, computer-based diabetes self-management interventions currently have limited evidence supporting their use. There are also few studies looking at cost-effectiveness or long-term impact on patient health."
Read: Nature World News More: Newsmax Health Medical News TodayDangerous ideas in science
"Climate science ... is not something that you can listen to and walk away with your life materially unchanged," said Professor Chris Rapley (UCL Earth Sciences).
Listen: BBC Radio 4's Material World (from 10 mins)Councillor who played part in getting UCL Academy up-and-running, wants apology for not being invited to opening ceremony
A Lib Dem councillor who helped get the new UCL Academy open says the university sponsors of the school should say sorry for not inviting him to last week's opening ceremony.
Read: Camden New JournalThe pleasures and perils of the open-plan office
"A lot of open-plan offices are just rows of people only working at their computers. And people don't want to be there," says Professor Alexi Marmot (UCL Bartlett).
Read: BBC NewsVagina dialogue and bodies in evidence
Marjolein Van Bavel (UCL Inter Cultural Studies) presented research at a conference on women who had posed nude for Dutch Playboy and Penthouse in the 1980s, examining whether they had found the experience "empowering".
Read: THETHE annual Vice-Chancellor pay review
With a few exceptions, vice-chancellors' remuneration did not rise vertiginously in 2011-1.
Read: THEMiddle East Enders: meet the Qataris hoovering up London
The Qatar Foundation, an educational trust run by Sheikha Mozah, has lured top UK universities, such as University College London, to establish local campuses in Doha.
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