UCL in the media
Brexit: latest developments
Professor Meg Russell (UCL Constitution Unit) joins a conversation about latest developments in the Brexit negotiations, in the wake of the PM's latest visit to Brussels.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Briefing Room' (from 19 mins 10 secs)
How to be uncertain
Professor David Tuckett (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) explains how money managers around the world were able to make decisions during a time of great economic uncertainty.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Business Daily' (from 12 mins 40 secs)
Intensive care delirium
Professor Rob Howard (UCL Psychiatry) recounts a disturbing historic case study from the records of Bethlem Hospital in the latest instalment of 'A History of Delusions'.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'A History of Delusions' (from 1 min)
Brexit: what can the EU do?
Research Associate Clement Leroy (UCL European Institute) asks if there is anything the EU can offer to help the PM get her Brexit deal through parliament.
Read: Times (£)
Current UTI test not fit for purpose, UCL finds
Dr Jenny Rohn (UCL Medicine) and Emeritus Professor James Malone-Lee comment on new UCL research which finds major shortcomings in standard UTI test and contend that it fails to detect UTIs in most cases.
Brexit: how could another referendum work?
Dr Alan Renwick (UCL Constitution Unit) comments on the feasibility and logistics of organising a second referendum on Brexit.
Oliver Patel comments on next Brexit steps for PM Theresa May
Research Associate Oliver Patel (UCL European Institute) discusses PM Theresa May’s handling of Brexit negotiations and comments on the Parliamentary Vote of ‘no confidence’ which she survived earlier this week.
Brexit: vote of confidence
Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Political Science) comments on the vote of confidence in PM Theresa May.
Memes and the alt-right
Associate Professor Emiliano De Cristofaro (UCL Computer Science) discusses how internet memes have been co-opted by the alt-right to propagate their political agenda in the USA.
UK scientists find link between Alzheimer’s and surgery
A study led by Professor John Collinge (UCL Institute of Prion Diseases) found new evidence of amyloid pathology transmission, related to Alzheimer’s disease, in lab mice and historic medical treatments. Professor Bart De Strooper (UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL) comments.
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