UCL in the media
Internet ruffles pricey scholarly journals
Dr Paul Ayris (Director of UCL Library Services) highlights the significance of the shift towards open-access publishing.
, New York TimesChilling out - the science of cryogenics
Dr Barry Fuller (UCL Research Department of General Surgery) discusses how cryogenics can help us preserve cells, tissues and organs. Listen:
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) discusses the use of natural description in Charles Frazier's 'Cold Mountain'. Read:
Call for greater flexibility on retirement
UCL President and Provost, Professor Malcolm Grant, argues that universities should face up to changing life cycles and the end of the default retirement age of 65.
Curbs on visas 'will stop brightest academics coming to work in UK'
UCL has urged the Government to reconsider plans to impose a five-year limit on visas for academic staff from outside the EU.
There may be trouble ahead in Northern Ireland
Following early summer rioting in both the republican (Catholic) and loyalist (Protestant) parts of Belfast, tensions continue to simmer in Northern Ireland, says Dr Neill Lochery (UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies).
Oxfam pioneers 'Facebook of Things'
Speaking at the British Science Festival Dr Andy Hudson-Smith highlights the experimental 'Tales of Things' project being developed at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Read:
Listen: (34mins)Joanna Trollope to rewrite Jane Austen
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language and Literature) thinks plans to rewrite Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility are part of a "time-honoured literary genre".
Richard Hamilton dies aged 89
Richard Hamilton, British painter, pioneer of the 'Pop Art' movement and alumnus of the Slade School of Fine Art at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË dies at the age of 89.
Ìý More coverage: The Independent, Daily Express, New York Times, The Australian, The Times (£), The Straits TimesRoyal Society announces Wolfson Research Merit Awards
Professors Mark Maslin (UCL Geography), Max Telford (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) and Jonathan Tennyson (UCL Physics & Astronomy) receive prestigious awards from the Royal Society.