UCL in the media
The UK and the European Convention on Human Rights
Professor Tom Hickman (UCL Laws) explains that leaving the European Convention on Human Rights would not change underlying legal principles and would not leave the UK government with a free hand to pursue policies such as sending asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Britain’s union is growing increasingly European
Brexit has triggered difficult disputes over the boundaries of devolution in the UK, and forced judges to shape “what had been a rather loose political constitutionalist framework” between the four nations, notes Professor Colm O'Cinneide (UCL Laws).
Sanditon series 3 ‘has nothing do to with Jane Austen’
Sanditon, the period drama based on an unfinished novel by Jane Austen, is back for a third series. But not all Austen-heads are happy. Professor John Mullan (UCL English) claims the ‘heteronormative’ author would never have written a gay love story.
A-level results 2023: Ministers accused of rushing to restore 2019 grading, hitting poorer students harder
"Students from the lowest socio-economic backgrounds will continue to do less well overall and will continue to lack access to opportunities," said Professor Mary Richardson (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society), on what she sees as continued disinvestment in education.
How tourists are ruining the world’s greatest destinations
“Digital nomads talk about ‘dating’ locations: they’re geographically polyamorous,” said Dave Cook (UCL Anthropology) describing a particular type of teleworker whose remote work supports them as they travel the world, frequently relocating to different cities.
Lex in depth: how investors are underpricing climate risks
The costs of inaction on global warming are potentially vast and often not sufficiently factored in to asset values. Professor Steve Keen (UCL Research, Innovation and Global Engagement) predicts a “Minsky moment” that will be “unpleasant, abrupt and wealth-destroying”.
China’s oldest water pipes were a communal effort
A system of ancient ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that neolithic people were capable of complex engineering feats without the need for a centralised state authority, finds a new study by Dr Yijie Zhuang (UCL Institute of Archaeology).
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Covid-19 is on the rise again – so what next?
Professor Christina Pagel (UCL Mathematics) explores the implications of a potential large new Covid wave occurring in an op-ed in the British Medical Journal.
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Discussing the possibility of aliens during a visit to the UCL Observatory
BBC presenter Michael Portillo visits UCL Observatory while exploring the UFO files kept by the Ministry of Defence and the possibilities of alien life.
Here’s how to beat parental burnout this summer
From setting expectations to transmitting calm, Dr Jane Gilmour (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health) shares her strategies for avoiding burnout during the six-week holiday.