UCL in the media
Sir Michael Marmot on Desert Island Discs
During his appearance on Desert Island Discs, Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health) discusses his research into how wealth and social status can affect lifespan and general health.
,Enter the zone of euphoria
Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos (UCL Psychology) comments on the psychological impact of favourable exchange rates on holiday spending, saying that "because we are convinced that everything is good value, without any real appreciation of what that means, we spend more than we would have before."
University schools 'told to improve'
Professor David Price (Vice-Provost, Research) comments on the recent Ofsted report on the UCL Academy.
,How Twitter killed the water cooler
Professor Tomas Chamorro Premuzic (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) discusses how social media has changed gossip.
Japanese stem-cell 'breakthrough' findings retracted
Professor Chris Mason (UCL Biochemical Engineering) comments on the retraction of two controversial papers on stem cell research published in the journal Nature earlier this year.
, , , ,Wall Street
Professor Kathleen Burk (UCL History) discusses the collapse of Britain's domination of the global financial system and its eventual replacement at the top by Wall Street following the First World War.
What should politicians read on holiday?
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) discusses what fictional stories would best refresh the political world and put it in tune with the public's thinking.
Antibiotic resistance
Professor Peter Taylor (UCL Pharmaceutics) explains how no new classes of antibiotics have come on to the market for 25 years and how the use of antibiotics engenders resistance.
, , ,Making history
Dr Matthew Pope (UCL Archaeology) travels to Lough Corrib, Ireland to meet the off-duty ship captain who discovered 12 boats vacuum packed in the silt of the lough bed and which span the period from the Bronze Age to that of the Victorians.
Women's groups save mothers and babies
Dr Audrey Prost (UCL Institute for Global Health) looks at the ways women's groups can be used to help cut maternal and newborn deaths in remote areas.