UCL in the media
Does chicken deserve its ‘health halo’?
Dr Chris van Tulleken (UCL Infection & Immunity) says: “Seventy-four billion chickens are eaten each year worldwide - it’s the most eaten meat on Earth. And I wanted to find out the journey from coop to soup.”
How to bridge the policy-academia divide and navigate global health politics
"Diverse worldviews, backgrounds and abilities" are essential for universities to be effective in advancing learning and "having an impact in different contexts and settings", says Dr Kabir Sheikh (UCL Global Business School for Health).
What is behind the unexpected decline in dementia?
Professor Jonathan Schott (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) comments on research into declining dementia incidence driven by health improvements earlier in life, in an article that references UCL studies into dementia prevention and a possible recent uptick in incidence.
Census in 2031 could be scrapped, academics fear
A group of 60 quantitative social scientists, including Professor Alice Sullivan (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society), has signed an open letter expressing concerns about potentially ‘abolishing’ the census.
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Private schools tell parents to pay fees now and save later
Professor Francis Green (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society) says it would be good if a future government could make it easier for private schools to transfer into the state sector if they are struggling to meet a potential new VAT bill proposed by Labour.
Breakthrough dementia drug could be offered at home
The idea of allowing patients to take a new dementia drug at home is "worrying", according to Professor Robert Howard (UCL Psychiatry), because doctors don’t have any way of predicting which patients may experience life-threatening side effects.
Preparing for the intelligent workplace
Professor Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) says we should put aside our fears about being replaced by AI and look instead at how we can be improved by it.
Archives reveal food eaten by former British monarchs
Academics including Dr Adam Crymble (UCL Information Studies) analyse 40,000 royal meals made in the 18th century that show the personal tastes of George III and George IV.
Experts investigate the relationship between IVF and early menopause
Dr Stephanie Kuku (UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health) says “there is absolutely no evidence” that IVF causes early menopause.
The health impacts of the clocks going back an hour
Professor David Whitmore (UCL Biosciences) says the trick to adjusting to the extra hour is to get on the new time schedule as soon as possible and get lots of light exposure.