UCL in the media
'Scots are being asked to buy a pig in a poke'
"The Scots are being asked to buy a pig in a poke. The easiest analogy would be someone deciding to buy a house they liked the look of, but without knowing the exact price," says Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Constitution Unit). Read: Scotsman (no link)
More: IndependentForget the guilt, just spend your cash on childcare, says top scientist
"Spend every penny you've got on getting proper childcare, because... [it] is something that holds these high-flying women back", says Professor Uta Frith (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience).
Read: IndependentTerracotta Army makers beat Toyota by 2,200 years
Craftsmen who armed the Terracotta Army 2,200 years ago may have developed a pioneering production system similar to the one used by the car maker Toyota, according to research by Dr Marcos Martinón-Torres (UCL Institute of Archaeology) and colleagues.
Read: Independent More: Irish Times UCL News THE Washington PostAcademics make pub pitches for charity
Researchers at UCL got a chance to raise money for a wide range of charitable projects this week - by pitching their ideas in a pub and getting the audience to vote for them.
Read: THEMore Than £1 Billion Goes to U.K. Research
Funding from the U.K. Research Partnership Investment Fund will enable UCL to create a centre to study rare diseases in children.
Read: International Herald TribuneThe Invention of Spain
Professor Ben Kaplan (UCL History) comments on the flashpoints and fragmentation in the Spanish monarchy's territorial possessions, and in particular the Dutch revolt.
Listen: BBC R4's The Invention of SpainAlternative Tube Maps: The Electric Tube
Oliver O'Brien (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) has plotted the Tube, rail and DLR, tram and cable car line onto a "topologically accurate" map.
Read: LondonistArt must stay a no-brainer
Professor Semir Zeki (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology), who coined the term "neuroaesthetics", claims it is possible to understand "the biological basis of aesthetic experience", and to have reached a "neurobiological definition of art".
Read: ScotsmanRats and humans meet via virtual reality and robotics
Computer scientists from UCL and the University of Barcelona have used robots and virtual reality to let rats and humans interact. The technology could help scientists or others explore places to dangerous or distant to visit.
Read: BBC News More: Time UCL NewsAll in the mind: 60th anniversary of the Anna Freud Centre
Professor Mary Target and Dr Nick Midgley (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) talk about the legacy of Anna Freud on the 60th anniversary of the centre she established.
Listen: BBC R4's All in the Mind