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UCL (University College London)

July 2023

  • Some of the artefacts discovered by archaeologists in Kent.

    ‘Giant’ 300,000-year-old handaxes unearthed in Kent

    Discovery of more than 800 artefacts includes some of largest early prehistoric stone tools in Britain

June 2023

  • Hugh White travelled to work by motorbike and was a often to be seen walking the corridors in his leathers

    Other lives
    Hugh White obituary

  • Hills surround the town of Pozzuoli, near Naples.

    ‘One day it will just go off’: are Naples’ volcanic craters about to blow?

  • Two young women vaping outdoors, both blowing large clouds of vapour in front of them. There are trees out of focus in the background, blocking the glare of the sun

    ‘No need to rush’: How to give up vaping

  • UCL building

    Up to 40 security guards at UCL could lose jobs under restructuring

  • Long Covid can impair quality of life more than advanced cancers, study says

  • Origins of masturbation traced back to primates 40m years ago

April 2023

  • A woman wears a surgical face mask while carrying a bag of shopping.

    Pandemic triggered ‘second midlife crisis’ among over-50s, study finds

    Women hit worst by mental health strains, with more domestic and caring duties amid Covid lockdowns

March 2023

  • Cows being rounded up at milking time being brought towards the milk parlour.

    Pollutionwatch
    UK farming causes over a quarter of cities’ particle pollution, study finds

    Innovation in agricultural sector is needed if cities are to solve air pollution problems, say scientists

December 2022

  • An injection being prepared for a child

    UK children with growth disturbance given access to weekly injections

    Approval of growth hormone somatrogon fast-tracked by medicines watchdog, replacing need for daily jabs

November 2022

  • Striking workers march with a banner that says UCL end outsourcing

    UCL academics criticise use of agency workers to replace striking security staff

  • Security staff's picket line at University College London.

    University College London security staff begin strike over pay

October 2022

  • Main building at University College London during an open day.

    Security workers at UCL to strike over pay and union recognition

    Outsourced staff with Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain want £15 an hour – the rate paid 22 years ago
  • Papilloma virus, the cause of most cases of cervical cancer

    Scientists develop more accurate predictive test for cervical cancer

    Test created by UCL and Innsbruck University also detects DNA markers for breast, womb and ovarian cancer
  • University College London.

    Former UCL academic to pay damages after harassing colleague for months

    Christopher Backhouse falsely portrayed Erica Smith as a sex worker and signed her up for far-right groups and fetish websites

August 2022

  • Geoff Pickup

    Other lives
    Geoff Pickup obituary

  • The UCL Bartlett School of Architecture building.

    Academics make claims of bullying and racism at another UCL school

July 2022

  • The antidepressant drug Prozac

    Little evidence that chemical imbalance causes depression, UCL scientists find

  • An outdoor market in Rome; Italian scientists are scouring old cooking manuals and medical formulae to recreate smells.

    A nose for history: academics recreate lost smells from the past

June 2022

  • UCL

    University College London generates £10bn a year for UK, says report

    UCL’s research, knowledge and support for business startups provides boost ‘equal to holding Olympics every year’
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