UCL in the media
How do citizens view government spending?
Dr Lucy Barnes (UCL Political Science) commented that people tend to see generic “government spending” as a category full of waste and inefficiency, but clearly do not feel that way about specific policy areas such as health or education.
King’s dress-down coronation follows late queen’s ‘last imperial hurrah’
Dr Bob Morris (UCL Constitution Unit) explains how King Charles III's coronation will be funded as a "state event" and speculates on how the schedule and content might differ from late queen’s coronation in 1953.
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How Kamala Harris' approval ratings fare as Joe Biden stands by her
"Ultimately, Americans care about the name at the top of the ticket. Especially if 2024 becomes a Biden-Trump rematch, [Kamala] Harris' high disapprovals will fade into oblivion as a factor on most voters' minds," commented Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
Dr Chris van Tulleken: Why I’ve given up ultra-processed food
“Clothes are looser, I can run better, I ache less, I sleep way better," said Dr Chris van Tulleken (UCL Institute for Global Health) who described his experience giving up ultra-processed food but adds that abstinence is not as easy for everyone.
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What I saw working in a charity shop
"A perennial complaint is that there are 'too many' charity shops today," highlighted Dr Georgina Brewis (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society) but in fact there are 10,200 shops in Britain which is only 100 more than a decade ago.
Minimal job prospects and little money, can the class of 2020 ever recover?
"Regarding financial uncertainty, the cost of living crisis beats the pandemic," said Dr Golo Henseke (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society) who added, "to help young people, the UK needs to address the persistent problems that affect youth".
Elizabeth Murray obituary
Elizabeth Murray, who has died of cancer aged 63, set up the pioneering eHealth Unit at ʼһ in 2003 to explore the use of new information and communication technologies. Just four years later it was one of the largest and most interdisciplinary digital health units in the UK.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr is riding a tidal wave of anti-vaccine resentment
Robert F. Kennedy is an "oddball politician with oddball views looking to trade on his last name to get his 15 seconds," said Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) who added the fact he's "running as an anti-vaxxer as a Democrat is just one of numerous reasons why he'll fail".
These are the countries that could drop King Charles III as sovereign next
The Queen “kept a lot of these attachments to the Commonwealth and the monarchy alive for so many generations after independence. Now that we have King Charles III, it’s a very different relationship," said Professor Matthew Smith (UCL History) ahead of the May 6 coronation.
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‘Intention is not action’: brain-research centre steps up quest for equality
Many universities have EDI principles, “but that’s not the same as knowing how to do equality," said Aikaterini Fotopoulou (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) who heads up the Centre for Equality Research in Brain Sciences (ERB Centre), which launched on 19 April.