UCL in the media
Holocaust centre launches new teacher training programme
“This gives us an unprecedented opportunity to deliver research-oriented training as part of teachers’ continuing professional development,” said Dr Andy Pearce (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society) about a new textbook and teacher training programme about the Holocaust.
Preserving the Baby Trump Blimp
Dr Katherine Curran (UCL Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources) is helping to preserve the inflatable “Baby Trump Blimp,” now part of the Museum of London’s Protest collection.
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The difficulties of surrogacy
“Surrogacy is a very complicated technique… We have emotional issues, we have legal issues, and we have financial issues, so it’s not something in my mind that could ever be normalised,” said Professor Joyce Harper (UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health).
Comparing airfares instead of seat size fairer indicator of passenger carbon emissions
Allocating passenger aircraft emissions using airfares rather than travel class would give a more accurate idea of individual contributions, finds a study led by Dr Stijn Van Ewijk (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering).
Long versus acute Covid
A UCL study comparing the symptoms of long and acute covid was improved with the “inclusion of symptom data from individuals who have never had Covid-19” said Dr Richard Silverwood (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society).
Is the pandemic causing earlier puberty in girls?
Professor Yvonne Kelly (UCL Epidemiology & Health) said “we know age of puberty [for girls] has been coming down for decades and decades” likely because of higher obesity rates and greater stress levels, and plausible that effects from the pandemic will increase the trend.
Who does the chores?
Professor Oriel Sullivan (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society) explores what it means to do a “chore” around the house, and how the gender balance of who does them has changed since the pandemic.
Report finds public thinks MPs have low ethical standards
“Politicians have it in their power to start mending the bridges… Empowering independent regulators whom voters could have confidence in would be a vital first step,” said Professor Alan Renwick (UCL Constitution Unit), on ways MPs could improve their public image.
Netflix announces Jill Dando documentary 20 years after shooting
Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando, who was murdered in 1999, will be the subject of a new Netflix documentary that explores her life, career and legacy. Her co-presenter, Nick Ross, campaigned to set up the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science at ʼһ in her memory.
Princess of Wales gather experts at Windsor Castle as she continues early childhood work
Professors Peter Fonagy and Eamon McCrory (both UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) are among eight experts appointed to a new Advisory Group by The Princess of Wales to provide oversight of the work of her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.
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