UCL in the media
Immigration Phone-in
"There is no single immigration problem, immigration comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes," says Professor John Salt (UCL Geography).
Listen: BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast (from 9 mins) More: BBC Radio Wales Breakfast Show (from 1 hour, 7 mins) BBC Radio 4's PM (from 5 mins)Binaural beats EP designed to send listeners into 'altered states of consciousness'
Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) comments on a new EP that aims to send listeners into a trance state: "Rhythm seems to be very strongly associated with sensory motor processing in the brain. So going from a sound and reacting to that sound, it's still a motor system."
Read: WiredCalorie Counting does a fat lot of good, scientists say
"Rather than populations failing to heed governments' public health advice, governments are currently failing the public," says Professor Jonathan Wells (UCL Institute of Child Health).
Read: The NationalForeign bodies: When the outside world intrudes
UCL's Researchers in Museums team have curated an exhibition about foreign objects in the body, inviting us to "explore the idea of what is alien - biologically, psychologically, socially and politically".
Read: New Scientist More: Independent Culture 24Young entrepreneurs need to think small
In east London, small businesses are the agile, fast-growing businesses of the future, a beacon in an economy striking for its sluggishness, writes Professor Stephen Caddick (UCL Enterprise).
Read: Tech City NewsBig data and crime prevention
"There's an opportunity to draw from larger volumes of data, to unpick that data to understand patterns, and then use that to influence day to day operational strategies and longer term crime prevention initiatives," said Spencer Chainey (UCL Security & Crime Science).
Watch: Newsnight (from 34 mins)Students embrace Mandarin and 'super studios' at new UCL Academy
At the heart of the new school's philosophy is an emphasis on "open learning", a teaching practice that focuses on creating space for more active, hands-on learning. Principal Geraldine Davies said: "In the UK, there are more schools in the academy movement that have moved into open-learning environments."
Read: Ham & HighScientists call for higher government investment in research
Dr Jenny Rohn (UCL Physiology) said: "With everything seeming so gloomy after the Budget, it may seem counter-intuitive to start spending more on science. But this is exactly the right time to do it in order to stimulate the economy."
Read: ScotsmanScience Fiction Comes Alive as Researchers Grow Organs in Lab
Professor Alex Seifalian (UCL Research Department of General Surgery) research making organs and body parts in the lab is featured in this article.
Read: Wall Street JournalBudget 2013: Economists pass judgment
The Budget has not adequately delivered on setting up the necessary steps to facilitate the process of moving the economy out of the downturn, says Professor Stephen Machin (UCL Economics).
Read: FT