UCL in the media
UCLU Officer Accuses Students Of 'Scabbing' For Organising Starbucks Macmillan Cancer Charity Event On May Day
Edwin Clifford-Coupe, the education and campaigns officer at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈËU, wrote: "Volunteering your time to raise money for charity and help your fellow students is good; allowing a corporation to cynically get on board so as to advertise to students, while it apparently cannot accord its staff a paid lunch break, is scabbing, and you should stop that."
Seeing things: it's all relative at high speed
Two speeds do not combine simply by adding them together but in a different way that has the result that no relative motion can be greater than the speed of light, writes Dr William Somerville (UCL Physics & Astronomy).
Researchers Discover Migration Habits Of Manx Shearwater Seabird
"Understanding the behavior of these birds during migration is crucial for identifying important at-sea locations and for furthering conservation efforts," said lead author Dr Robin Freeman (UCL CoMPLEX).
Express (no link)Forget the 80/20 Rule - In Business It's the 1% That Will Deliver Growth
It's estimated that in the UK only 1% of small businesses are high growth, and that it's these enterprises that have the capacity to make the most substantial impact on unemployment, writes Professor Stephen Caddick (UCL Enterprise).
Leading water inspector says quality of Royal Free Hospital's water system is an example to all
One of the world's foremost water safety experts is using the Royal Free Hospital as a global example of a building with a safe water system following an inspection.
Staff bullying at Royal Free Hospital above national average
Nearly 40 per cent of staff at the Royal Free Hospital have reported that bullying has affected them over the past year.
Checklists can reduce errors in intraoperative emergencies by 75%, says expert
Dealing with intraoperative emergencies can be much improved by use of a checklist, says Atul Gawande, the lead adviser on the World Health Organization's Safe Surgery Saves Lives programme at a talk at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË Institute of Child Health.
Sector initiates action on tackling gender imbalance
"It appears the more high profile the job is, the less likely you are to find a woman in it," said Sally Macdonald (UCL Museums & Public Engagement).
Scandal of the university students who get fewer than 100 hours' teaching a year
History students at York spend 8% of their course in lectures and seminars but at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË they receive more than triple the time.
Droughts, deluges and raging debates
Professor Lisa Jardine (UCL Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Higher Education) reviews Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker.