UCL in the media
Makers of the 21st Century
Sir Paul Nurse, Director of the Francis Crick Institute, has been named one of the 100 most influential Britons of the modern age by The Sunday Times.
UCL recruits former diplomat to steer international strategy
The former British High Commissioner to South Africa, Dame Nicola Brewer, is to join UCL as theÌýnew Vice-Provost (International).
,Vaccinations: what we do in Britain
Dr Helen Bedford (UCL Institute of Child Health) discusses the fall and subsequent rise in children receiving the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in the UK.
Central Asian Spring Festival
OverÌý1,300 students and guests attended a celebration of Eurasian culture at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË.
Why Minsky matters
Professor Wendy Carlin (UCL Economics) discusses Minsky's theories for financial crises and how they can be used to explain the financial crashes of the 90s and 00s.
Daily Mail accused of insulting top female scientists
Professor David Price, Vice-Provost (Research) has written an open letter to Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Mail, to raise concerns about an article commenting on the race and gender of UCL academics appearing on BBC Newsnight.
, , , , , , , ,ÌýPope meets mafia victims' families
Commenting on the pope meeting with mafia victims' families for the first time, Professor John Dickie (UCL Italian) said:"This is the church making up for lost time. There was a long time where the best you could say about the church's attitude to the mafia was that it was culpably silent."
(from2hrs55mins)Experts hail meningitis jab U-turn
Dr Helen Bedford (UCL Institute of Child Health) comments on the Government's decision to introduce a vaccine against meningitis B for young babies.
,Mobile Phone Autopsies
Dr Carina King (UCLÌýInstitute for Global Health) discusses usingÌýmobile phones to conduct 'verbal autopsies' in Malawi, creatingÌýthe country's first database of deaths and causes.
MH370 relatives wait in limbo
Professor Lorraine Sherr (UCLÌýInfection and Population Health) says when there is an information vacuum, the loved ones of missing people "oscillate from hope to despair".
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