UCL in the media
Great Houses with Julian Fellowes
Professor Stephen Conway (UCL History) talks about Goodwood House in Sussex, which for 300 years was the home of the Dukes of Richmond, descendants of Charles II and his mistress Louise de Kerouaille.
Academic reference inflation has set in, and everyone is simply wonderful
Time for academia to follow the rest of the world of work and seek references only at the final stage - and in the short form, says Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy).
BMI: Does the Body Mass Index need fixing?
"BMI can't do better than make a guess as to how much fat there is," says Professor Tim Cole (UCL Institute of Child Health).
Creeping privatisation
Professor Matthew Carmona (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) comments on the increasing levels of privatisation in London.
Two steps forward, one step back
If the world's one billion cigarette smokers were to switch to electronic cigarettes, the death toll would be reduced from more than five million each year to perhaps tens of thousands, says Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health).
A packet of bones
Professor Simon Hillson (UCL Archaeology) talks about a mysterious discovery at the 18th century home of Benjamin Franklin.
Investing in high speed rail
Professor John Tomaney (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) discusses how the proposed route for the high-speed train network will impact life in the UK.
Pride and Prejudice
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) talks about the impact of Pride and Prejudice two centuries on from its publication.
Royal Institution receives strong support in bid to save historic home
Professor Mark Miodownik (UCL Mechanical Engineering) says he plans "to galvanise the engineering and science community to take ownership of the fact that this is the heritage site that is all of ours. The RI have it in trust but it's ours and we need to take ownership of it."
Your molar roots are leftovers from Homo erectus
Professors Christopher Dean (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) and Tim Cole (UCL Institute of Child Health) have studied the microscopic structure of adult molars to reconstruct the pace of their development.