UCL in the media
Mixed Results On Computer-based Support For Diabetes
Dr Kingshuk Pal (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Public Health) said, "Our review shows that although popular, computer-based diabetes self-management interventions currently have limited evidence supporting their use. There are also few studies looking at cost-effectiveness or long-term impact on patient health."
Dangerous ideas in science
"Climate science ... is not something that you can listen to and walk away with your life materially unchanged," said Professor Chris Rapley (UCL Earth Sciences).
Councillor who played part in getting UCL Academy up-and-running, wants apology for not being invited to opening ceremony
A Lib Dem councillor who helped get the new UCL Academy open says the university sponsors of the school should say sorry for not inviting him to last week's opening ceremony.
The pleasures and perils of the open-plan office
"A lot of open-plan offices are just rows of people only working at their computers. And people don't want to be there," says Professor Alexi Marmot (UCL Bartlett).
Vagina dialogue and bodies in evidence
Marjolein Van Bavel (UCL Inter Cultural Studies) presented research at a conference on women who had posed nude for Dutch Playboy and Penthouse in the 1980s, examining whether they had found the experience "empowering".
THE annual Vice-Chancellor pay review
With a few exceptions, vice-chancellors' remuneration did not rise vertiginously in 2011-1.
Middle East Enders: meet the Qataris hoovering up London
The Qatar Foundation, an educational trust run by Sheikha Mozah, has lured top UK universities, such as University College London, to establish local campuses in Doha.
Social network? We'd rather take the bus, say teens
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University College London have found group outings are essential for fostering friendships.
Organisation trumps size in primate brain evolution
Dr Jeroen Smaers (UCL Anthropology and UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment), lead author of the study said: "The brain is central to how animals adapt and modify their behaviour in a changing environment. "What we've found is that in relation to the brain, species differences are mainly explained by how the brain is organized and wired internally, not how large the brain is. This suggests that brain reorganization, not size, may have been the principal force driving brain evolution."
Forensic science: how to turn your classroom into a CSI lab
Shivani Lamba writes about
, an educational organisation affiliated with the UCL Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science.