UCL in the media
Joe Biden's Supreme Court plan faces major hurdles
Biden's reform plans are a "symbolic gesture designed more to appease the progressive left" than they are a serious attempt at overhauling the Supreme Court bench, explains Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
How to treat children who carry trauma
In the aftermath of the stabbing in Southport, Professor Vivian Hill (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society) says: "An emergency plan will have been very quickly rolled out to provide access to professional support for all those involved, be they children or adults."
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How Olympians manage their periods
Research conducted by UCL academics including Dr Flaminia Ronca (UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science) is cited in a Telegraph article that explores how menstruation can affect female athletes competing at the Paris Olympics.
How could European housing policies influence the UK?
“The real problem is not that we’re not building enough homes, it’s that we have turned housing into a financial asset,” says Dr Josh Ryan-Collins (UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose), adding that this is down to 1970s housing policy that prioritised home ownership.
How preventive medicine could be key to saving the NHS
Professor Sir Nicholas Wald (UCL Institute of Health Informatics) and Professor Aroon Hingorani (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) welcome the call for the UK to focus on disease prevention as "too many preventive health opportunities are missed".
What is autism spectrum disorder?
Autism diagnosis criteria have changed over the years, explains Professor Joshua Stott (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences), which has created a "lost generation" of older people who may now meet those criteria.
How not having a home phone impacts our brains
Phones have moved from a place to a person, explains Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience), who describes how the eradication of landline phones in most households may have affected human behaviour.
UK should stop arming Israel after ICJ advisory ruling, top lawyer says
The UK should stop arming Israel in order to comply with the historic advisory opinion by the UN’s top court that member states should not “render aid or assistance” to the occupation of the Palestinian territories, says Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws).
EU regulator rejects Alzheimer's drug lecanemab
"I am sure we will now see rich people with early Alzheimer’s disease flying to the US or other jurisdictions for treatment," says Professor Sir John Hardy (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) who is critical of the EU's decision.
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'Game-changing’ Alzheimer’s drug lecenemab rejected by EU
“This conservative approach means that patients and doctors eager to explore a proven effective drug are now denied access," explains Professor Bart De Strooper (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology).
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