UCL in the media
X Factor-style search for 10 academics from generation think
Lucy Powell (UCL English Language & Literature) is one of ten winners of a competition run by BBC Radio 3 to find a new generation of thinkers and communicators.
Read: The Guardian, Read: BBC Online, Listen: BBC Radio 3's Nightwaves (from 38mins 37s)Outraged European academics resent 'rankings'
UCL Vice Provost Professor Michael Worton explains how the revised European Reference Index for the Humanities will make scholars aware of the range of arts and humanities journals that exist across Europe and help young academics.
Read: The GuardianUCL's Sam Tazzyman shines at Bright Club
The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast features UCL's Sam Tazzyman, whose stand-up routine was all about sperm, his field of study.
Listen: GuardianPigs and Battleships/Stolen Desire reviewed
Professor Philip Horne (UCL English Language and Literature) reviews the movies of Japanese master Shohei Imamura.
Read: TelegraphVous êtes congédié! Monoglots bad for business
UCL Vice Provost Professor Michael Worton argues that universities must take the lead in making the case for modern language learning if government and business are to be fully persuaded of its value.
Read: THE'Java Head' and 'Tiger Bay' reviewed
Professor Philip Horne (UCL English Language and Literature) reviews two re-released films starring Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong.
Read: Telegraph'Two tribes' to the wall? Elite set may adopt GPA
UCL is one of a group of universities looking to reform the current degree classification system by introducing a marking system that better reflects student achievement, explains Vice Provost Professor Michael Worton.
Read: Times Higher Education, More coverage: FT (£) Sunday Times (£)Half of Britons have German blood
Research by UCL geneticists suggests that as many of half of Britons have German blood, a consequence of Anglo-Saxon migration after the Roman Empire fell.
Read: Daily TelegraphSocial media presents challenge to universities
Universities have a new weapon in the battle to protect their reputations: the friendly student blogger.
Read: The GuardianThe science of hunger pangs
Evolutionarily we wouldn't have known when more food would come along, explains Professor Jane Wardle (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health), so we are programmed to take opportunities to eat when they arise.
Read: Daily Mail