UCL in the media
Grandparents who stopped caring for grandchildren during the pandemic had worse mental health
Grandparents who stopped looking after their grandchildren during the Covid-19 pandemic were likelier to experience depressive symptoms than those who continued to care for their grandchildren, finds a study by Dr Giorgio Di Gessa (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care).
Rocky rollout for government’s proposed mini budget
The Truss government's mini-budget rollout was "One of the most incompetent, catastrophic debuts in political leadership I've seen," wrote Dr Brian Klaas (UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society).
Women and men prescribed psychiatric drugs differently
“Women are more likely to internalise and feel depressed and go to a doctor. Men are more likely to externalise and get angry and shout at people and drink alcohol,” said Professor Joanna Moncrieff (UCL Psychiatry).
Prime Minster Liz Truss’s budget criticised
“It’s a strange leap of faith, really, to say cutting taxes for the rich somehow will transfer across” to significant investments in public services, said Josh Ryan-Collins (UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose).
Poland asks Germany for World War II reparations
“There was never a proper accounting of the losses suffered by Poles (including Polish Jews) and Poland in consequence of the German attack on Poland in 1939,” said Professor Francois Guesnet (UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies).
South Asia’s most vulnerable will bear the brunt of climate change
As the climate warms, South Asia’s poorest are at greatest risk as "people (are forced) into situations where they cannot reduce their own vulnerability," said Professor Ilan Kelman (UCL Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction).
Is London approaching ‘peak car’?
“Car use in London has been pretty flat, that’s probably because of the big public transport system, in particular rail gives you fast and reliable travel," said Professor David Metz (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering).
When bullying become systemic
When senior management abuse corporate policies, “bullying ceases to be one person misbehaving towards another” and becomes systemic, said Dr Narinder Kapur (UCL Psychology and Language Sciences).
A less ostentatious coronation
"The King has said that he expects [the Coronation] to be shortened. He also expects it to be quicker… There was a 16-month interval between [Elizabeth's] accession and the actual coronation,” said Dr Bob Morris (UCL Constitution Unit).
Who’s at fault for the energy crisis?
"On the whole, in Britain, if people can't afford to heat their houses, they'll probably blame either the energy companies or the Government. They won't blame Putin,” said Professor Pete Duncan (UCL School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies).