UCL in the media
Nobel success: What makes a great lab?
Professor William Bynum (»Ê¼Ò»ªÈËeuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology) reflects on the factors that have brought nine Nobel prizes to the UK Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge.
Would madam like more fish intestines?
Dr Kaori O'Connor (UCL Anthropology) says most of what we now consider to be quintessentially British food was brought from afar, as the Romans populated the land with pheasants, walnuts, apples, thyme and sage.
Experts discuss future trends in green industry in Taipei
A forum on the green industry opened in Taipei on Thursday, attracting hundreds of local and foreign experts, including Professor Paul Ekins (UCL Energy Institute).
University rankings: which world university rankings should we trust?
Two different university world rankings showed wildly variable results for UCL and other UK universities - so which one should we trust?
We HEAR you got a first but what else have you done?
Professor Anthony Smith (UCL Vice-Provost, Education) comments on the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR), and says the "additional richness offered by HEAR will be very useful for employers".
Is there a savant inside all of us?
Professor Mark Lythgoe (UCL Metabolism & Experimental Therapeutics) comments on "sudden savant syndrome" and case of Tommy McHugh, a builder from the Wirral, who became a prolific painter following a stroke 11 years ago.
A woman's work was never done! Researchers find evidence women did metalwork in Bronze Age
Professor Sue Hamilton (UCL Institute of Archaeology) comments on the discovery of the remains of a female metal worker from the Bronze Age, a discovery that challenges ideas about the division of labour in prehistoric times.
Teenage kicks in the hormones
Drs Anne-Lise Goddings (UCL Institute of Child Health) and Iroise Dumontheil (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) comment on the hormones involved in puberty, and how they affect brain development.
Dispatches from Qatar: first term at a new branch campus
As they welcome the first cohort of students, Brett Kershaw (UCL Qatar) chronicles just how far UCL's new branch campus in Qatar has come, and what others could learn from their experiences.
Students to be issued with graduation 'report cards'
UCL and other universities are planning to the abolition of the 200-year-old degree classification system and replace it with a system which provides more detailed information about a student's learning and achievement.