UCL in the media
UCL ranked eighth best university globally for second year running
UCL has again been ranked among the top 10 universities in the world according to the 2023 World University Rankings.
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Smoking age ‘should go up every year’ to deter young people
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Health) said there was a “logic” to increasing the legal age to buy cigarettes every year as you are “gradually turning the tap off on smoking”.
Prince Charles’ first day as King detailed as Queen succession plans ramp up
Dr Bob Morris (UCL Constitution Unit) explains what will happen the day after the Queen's death, as the Accession Council convenes.
Pupils turn to social media over lack of climate change education
Professor Nicola Walsh (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society), said that young people wanted to hear more about climate change but currently did not feel they had “enough in terms of quantity but also breadth across the curriculum”.
Monkeypox upgraded to same category as leprosy and plague
Professor Francois Balloux (UCL Genetics Institute) comments on a new requirement for doctors to notify their council or health agency if they suspect a patient has monkeypox, saying it's difficult to be certain of case numbers, but that it "is not a ‘Covid-level’ health scare".
Will more premature babies survive before 22 weeks?
Only one baby has ever been saved at 21 weeks as there is “a kind of biological barrier below about 22 weeks, and it seems to be insurmountable by current technology,” says Dr John Wyatt (UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health).
Unusual solar storm recorded on surface of Sun
Dr Stephanie Yardley (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) describes how eruptions on the surface of the Sun known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) could potentially degrade power grids and affect satellite navigation systems if directed at Earth.
Endurance exercise may affect men and women differently
Older male athletes may have a stiffer aorta than female competitors, putting them at higher risk of heart and circulatory disease, suggests a new study led by Dr Rebecca Hughes (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science).
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The history of shopping
Professor Rachel Bowlby (UCL School of European Languages, Culture & Society) discusses the history of shops and shopping, form pedlars to chain stores, markets to home delivery.
Debate over gender recognition forms in Scotland
Professor Alice Sullivan (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society) opposed the move to lower the age for people to change the sex on their birth certificate because she believes it “puts vulnerable young people at risk”.