UCL in the media
Surgeons 'cooked' my cancer cells to stop them coming back
Professor John Kelly (UCL Research Department of General Surgery) talks about how to treat bladder cancer.
Abortion, an anti-Christian student union, and the closing of the British mind
Cristina Odone, former editor of the Catholic Herald, criticises the UCL Union for advising that any future event focusing on the issue of termination needs to have both an anti- and pro-choice speaker, along with an independent chair, to ensure there is a balance to the argument.
Guardian book club
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) talks about Small World by David Lodge, and looks at readers' responses to the book.
Signs that you are sailing with Captain Catastrophe
It has become popular to deride the health-and-safety lot. But when you see a broken aircraft in a field, you begin to appreciate the whole point, says Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Health Psychology).
Putting care in patients' hands
"We don't need new molecular advances in the medicines for asthma," says Dr Sara Hamilton (UCL Institute of Child Health). "The problem is using the medicines."
Brain Likely Encodes the World in Two Dimensions
"Our subjective sense that our map is three-dimensional is illusory," says Professor Kate Jeffery (UCL Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences).
More: UCL press release'Toxic' risk of counterfeit cigarettes sold in Sussex
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health) says fake cigarettes contain "high levels of toxic heavy metals".
Iron accumulation linked to neurogenerative disease
Dr Patrick Lewis (UCL Molecular Neuroscience) comments on a study showing that Parkinson's and Alzheimer's could be caused by an accumulation of iron in regions of the brain.
UCL 'no confidence' vote defeated
A motion of no confidence in UCL Provost Professor Malcolm Grant tabled by the institution's students' union has been defeated.
Can nudges help to cut household energy consumption?
Studies highlight that if partnered with the right information, social norm techniques can help change consumer behaviour, says Professor Imran Rasul (UCL Economics).