UCL in the media
Hong Kong: two arrested for possessing ‘seditious’ children’s book
"If a cartoon is considered seditious, every single reader who has kept a copy of the newspaper could be guilty of the possession offence," said Professor Johannes Chan (UCL Laws) who argued the arrests highlighted the vagueness of the definition of sedition charges.
UCL spin-out receives £7 million in funding
Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies announced £7 million in funding to expand and develop their new type of computer memory, which is a spin-out from technology developed by Professor Tony Kenyon, Dr Adnan Mehonic and Dr Wing Ng (all UCL Electronic and Electrical Engineering).
The UK’s lack of long-term vision on supercomputing does not compute
Professor Roger Highfield and Professor Peter Coveney (both UCL Chemistry), co-authors of 'Virtual You', argue that the UK needs a long-term vision on supercomputing and hope the 2023 Budget pledge to build an exascale machine is not another fix-and-forget policy.
The potential of systematic peer review in Schools
An independent evaluation of the Education Development Trust’s Schools Partnership Programme (SPP) carried out by the IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society revealed the positive impact of peer review on staff and students.
The biggest constitutional challenges facing King Charles
Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Constitution Unit) and Professor Matthew Smith (UCL History) comment on the constitutional challenges facing King Charles including the threat to the union and whether Commonwealth countries will want to keep the King as their head of state.
Does the perfect murder exist?
Dr Julia Shaw (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) shares the likely approaches detectives will use to find a murderer and reveals that most murders are not committed by psychopaths and instead happen in an moment of anger.
Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030, say experts
“We need a much more proactive, and ambitious, common good approach," said Professor Mariana Mazzucato (UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose) on a report she co-authored which calls for an overhaul of wasteful water practices around the world ahead of a UN summit.
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Footballers 50% more likely to develop dementia, study finds
Professor David Curtis (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) and Professor Gill Livingston (UCL Psychiatry) comment on the new study by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden which found male footballers are 50% more likely to develop dementia than the rest of the population.
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Preterm babies do not habituate to repeated pain
Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain in the way that full-term infants, children and adults do habituate to pain, finds a study led by Dr Lorenzo Fabrizi (»Ê¼Ò»ªÈËeuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology).
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British Muslims faced difficulties accessing healthcare during pandemic
A new report co-authored by Dr Briony Hudson (UCL Psychiatry and Marie Curie) has laid bare difficulties British Muslims face when accessing palliative and end of life care.