UCL in the media
Extreme endurance
Four years on, data from the Xtreme Everest expedition is still generating new insights, following a tradition of researchers understanding the sick by studying the healthy in extreme environments, explains Dr Mike Grocott (UCL Biosciences).
The good life
Professor Mika Kivimaki (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) says people working long hours should follow a healthy diet, exercise and watch their cholesterol to lower their raised risk of cardiovascular disease.
Cardiac cells 'heal heart damage'
Professor John Martin (UCL Medicine) comments on results from an early stage trial where stem cells are injected into the heart to improve its function.
Imperial and UCL to open Future Cities Centre
UCL, Imperial College London and Cisco have entered into a three year agreement to create a Future Cities Centre in London - part of the Tech City cluster announced by David Cameron yesterday. Read:
More: ,In Grant we trust to defend the NHS
UCL Vice-Provosts and Richard Horton are among the supporters of UCL Provost Professor Malcolm Grant's appointment as the Chair of the NHS Commissioning Board. Read: Times Higher Education Letters
London student protests: a street-level view
Thousands of students and protesters marched from outside UCL yesterday to protest against tuition fee hike.
'Stop £150,000 student debt' say protesting Bartlett dons
Two of the Bartlett School of Architecture's most senior professors have hit out against the 'hypocrisy' of tuition fees' as they joined the central London protest yesterday.
Oxford denies L'Oreal hold over chair
Eric Barendt, emeritus professor of media law at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË, has highlighted concerns about corporate funded chairs as Oxford University denies that its L'Oreal professor of marketing was required to carry out work for the company.
Read: THEÌýClock change 'stops outdoor play'
A study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and UCL suggests that not putting the clocks back would help in the fight against child obesity as children exercise more on longer days.
Wakefield's colleagues in spotlight for MMR scare
UCL has responded to calls in a recent BMJ editorial for a review of UCL's involvement in the MMR vaccine scandal.