UCL in the media
Calls for cold water swimming to be made safer for women
Cold water swimming is growing in popularity amongst women, but more support is needed to make many wild swimming sites in the UK safer and more accessible, finds a new study led by Professor Joyce Harper (UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health).
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Should we think of our children as strangers?
Professor Adam Swift's (UCL Political Science) 2014 book “Family Values: The Ethics of Parent-Child Relationships” is part of a discussion about different parenting tactics in The New Yorker.
Lunar surface may be more colourful than many believe
“With the Moon, you do get differences in the mare and the highlands areas. Subtle colour differences can occur due to slight differences in composition,” says Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Space & Climate Physics).
How film is helping language learners
Language learners largely find it straightforward to get to a certain level of English, but it gets gradually more difficult, according to Professor John Gray (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society).
Scientific basis of mental health research
In a letter to The Times, Professor Isobel Heyman (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) is one of five academics who say that mental health is a pioneering branch of medicine in relation to measurement, clinical trials and the demonstration of what works
Why Maga civil war threatens Trump election campaign
“For representatives from deep red districts, Trump’s tempering of his tone on issues like immigration or abortion doesn’t do them any favours," says Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
Biden to bid farewell and pass the torch to Harris in final DNC speech
Joe Biden’s speech at the DNC will be his first attempt at shaping how history will remember him: “as the man who defeated Trump, achieved notable policy success, and passed the torch to his successor,” says Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
Plankton and the origins of life on Earth
Planktonic confetti and other forms of marine snow accumulate on about 60% of the seafloor today, with the uppermost layers of these sediments forming a slurry, almost fluffy in texture, explains Professor Paul Bown (UCL Earth Sciences).
Social segregation increases where primary free schools open
On average, social segregation of students has increased in neighbourhoods where mainstream primary free schools opened, and neighbouring schools have lost students, finds a report by UCL researchers including Dr Rob Higham (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society).
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Kamala Harris to tell the world what she stands for
Barely a month ago the Trump campaign was on course to collect more black votes than any Republican presidential candidate in history, but now polls suggest “surging enthusiasm for Harris among this demographic”, says Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).