UCL in the media
The Romanian wave
In the last five years, Romanians have become the second largest foreign national group in Britain. During the documentary, the presenter visits the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies to meet a PhD student studying British attitudes towards Romanians.
Snapchat and Instagram filters should carry health warning
Snapchat filters should carry health warnings because young people believe they can be made to look like their images. Professor Afshin Mosahebi (UCL Surgery & Interventional Sciences) says teenagers as young as 15 are seeking extreme procedures to mimic them.
Parliamentary power and Theresa May’s loyalties
Theresa May is painfully learning the basic rule of minority government, which is the need for wider cross-party support, writes Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Constitution Unit) in a letter to the editor.
What can a Nobel-winning economist tell us about Brexit?
Visiting Professor, Paul Ormerod (UCL Computer Science) explains the impossibility of Brexit consensus by referring to research by American economist Kenneth Arrow who demonstrated the inherent problems of preference-based voting systems.
Mueller report - is this the end of Trump's legal worries?
Dr Brian Klaas (UCL School of European Languages, Culture & Society) argues that it's not the end of Trump's legal worries, as Mueller specifically did not exonerate Trump of potential criminal charges related to obstruction of justice in the US-Russia conspiracy.
Why Brexit chaos would have benefits for UK schools
Speaking on a panel in Dubai, Professor Becky Francis (UCL Institute of Education) spoke of the potential positive and negative impacts of Brexit on schoolchildren in the UK.
The PM should be working with, not against, backbenchers
With MPs set to vote again on Brexit this week, Professor Meg Russell (UCL Constitution Unit) suggests a novel Commons procedure for breaking the deadlock, which involves holding two ballots.
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New tools to end tuberculosis
In a piece about the ongoing fight against tuberculosis, UCL research led by Dr Robert Aldridge (UCL Institute of Health Informatics) into the number of homelessness deaths caused by treatable conditions is quoted.
Parents divided as hitting children made illegal in Wales
The Welsh Government has published a bill that could legally ban parents from smacking their children. Dr Anja Heilmann (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) says “there is overwhelming evidence that physical punishment has the potential to harm children.”
Differences in insurance premium for vapers and smokers
In a discussion about the differences in life insurance premiums for smokers and vapers, Professor Robert West (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) says most vapers are former smokers who are trying to quit, and insurance companies should take this into account.