(IN BRIEF) A study conducted by researchers from UCL, the University of Sydney, and the University of East Anglia has found that replacing sedentary behavior with even short periods of moderate to vigorous exercise can significantly improve heart health. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Healthcare, Industrial, Management, News, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Andrew Atkin, Dr Jo Blodgett, health, heart health, partnership, Prof Mark Hamer, ProPASS, sedentary behavior, Short Bouts of Exercise, Sitting, Sleep, sustainability, the University of Sydney, UCL, University of East Anglia, wellbeing
(IN BRIEF) University College London (UCL) has been honored as the Sunday Times University of the Year 2024, recognizing its outstanding performance in multidisciplinary research, education, graduate career prospects, and sustainability initiatives. The award also highlights UCL’s visionary UCL East … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Two UCL researchers have been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants, each receiving approximately 1.5 million euros. Dr. Marco Wittmann’s project, “DeepSocial,” aims to use non-invasive deep brain stimulation to explore the brain’s social cognition processes. … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Education, Financial, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Awards, Disease Research, Dr. Lucy van Dorp, Dr. Marco Wittmann, ERC, neuroscience, Professor Geraint Rees, Professor Maria Leptin, UCL
(IN BRIEF) UCL leaders have welcomed the UK Government’s agreement with the European Commission, allowing UK scientists to fully participate in Horizon Europe, a significant £81 billion research and innovation program. This agreement enables UK organizations, including UCL, to lead … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged copernicus, Dr Michael Spence, Horizon Europe, INNOVATION, partnership, Professor Geraint Rees, RESEARCH, UCL, UK
(IN BRIEF) A new report from the universities of Oxford, UCL, Bristol and Newcastle suggests that changes are needed in the way safer sleep information is communicated to reduce risks to babies from unsafe sleeping practices. The report focuses on … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Bristol, Dr Anna Pease, Infants, Jane Barlow, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Newcastle, NIHR, Oxford, researchers, Safer Sleep Practices, sudden unexpected death in infancy, SUDI, UCL, UK, University of Bristol, unsafe sleeping
(PRESS RELEASE) DUBLIN, 6-11-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The official launch event of the Multilingual Global Education DIGEST 2020 will take place online on Monday, 9 November 2020, at 10:30 am (CET). The DIGEST is a bibliography of research in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, European Union, Media, News
Tagged academic, ANGEL, Bibliography, DERC, Development Education Research Centre, DIGEST, Education, education policy, education practice, Educational Research, European Union, GENE, Global Education, Global Education Network Europe, La Salete Coelho, Liam Wegimont, Ms. Agata Sobiech, Multilingual Global Education DIGEST 2020, Multilingualism, network, policy, policymakers, policymaking, Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo, Prof. Annette Scheunpflug, Prof. Doug Bourne, Prof. Massimiliano Tarozzi, publication, RESEARCH, the Academic Network on Global Education and Learning, UCL, university, University College London, University of Porto
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 27-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — PhDs in University College London’s top-ranked Computer Science programme will now be able to turn their dissertation into a deep tech start-up. This will become possible thanks to the new initiative launched by … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Education, Financial, Healthcare, Investment, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged AI, AI Frenzy, Barclays, Barclays UK (BUK) Ventures, Blockchain, BUK Ventures, Conception X, deep tech, deep tech start-ups, diversity, Eagle Labs, entrepreneurs, experiment with riskier technologies, female founder, funding, Incubator, intraprenuers, PhDs, quantum computing, research infrastructure, Riam Kanso, start-ups, Steven Roberts, UCL, University College London
High speed internet could be delivered through the lights in homes and offices, revolutionising the way we download and upload information in the future, finds UCL researchers. LONDON, 29-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Academics from UCL, Northumbria University and Newcastle University are … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Internet & Online, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Alessandro Minotto, Dr Andrew Burton, Dr Hoa Le Minh, Dr Paul Haigh, fasterinternet, High speed internet, Highspeedinternet, internetaccess, Izzat Darwazeh, LEDs, LiFi, lights, nanotechnology, Northumbria University, organicLED, Professor Franco Cacialli, Professor Ioannis Papakonstantinou, UCL, University College London, Zabih Ghassemlooy
LONDON, 29-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Following a global search, we are delighted to announce that Fiona Ryland will be UCL’s Chief Operating Officer from 1 January 2019, following Rex Knight’s retirement in December. The new COO role has responsibility for key … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged appointment, COO, Fiona Ryland, HR, leadership, Management, Professor Michael Arthur, UCL, University College London
UCL President & Provost, Professor Michael Arthur, has been appointed as a member of the board of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) alongside Professor Karen Maex from the University of Amsterdam LONDON, 23-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — LERU is a … Read the full press release
LONDON, 02-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — A leading UCL professor, who has been advising the Scottish Government on establishing a new public investment bank (launched today), is excited by the social and economic opportunities it can deliver. Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Director of … Read the full press release
UCL has been named as one of the UK’s best employers for lesbian, gay, bi and trans staff in the Stonewall 2018 Top 100 Employers Index. UCL ranked 98th out of 434 participating organisations. LONDON, 01-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The inclusion … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged employers for LGBT, LGBT, LGBTQ+, Stonewall 2018 Top 100 Employers Index, UCL
Scientists are closer to understanding the genetic causes of type 2 diabetes by identifying 111 new chromosome locations (‘loci’) on the human genome that indicate susceptibility to the disease, according to a UCL-led study in collaboration with Imperial College London. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Nikolas Maniatis, Dr Toby Andrew, genetic causes of type 2 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, UCL
Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have been made by dissolving layered materials in liquids, according to new UCL-led research. The liquids can be used to apply the 2D nanomaterials over large areas and at low costs, enabling a variety of important future … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged 2D nanomaterials, Dr Chris Howard, Dr Patrick Cullen, UCL, University College London
LONDON, 17-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Toddlers’ fussy eating habits are mainly the result of genetic influences rather than the result of poor parenting, according to new research led by scientists at UCL. The research, published in the Journal of Child Psychology … Read the full press release
LONDON, 02-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The first scientists have moved into the new £650 million Francis Crick Institute building in London and are starting work in their purpose-built labs. Next to St Pancras station and the British Library, the Crick will … Read the full press release
LONDON, 20-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Genes that drive the shape of human noses have been identified by a UCL-led study. The four genes mainly affect the width and ‘pointiness’ of noses which vary greatly between different populations. The new information adds … Read the full press release
LONDON, 13-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology) was last night awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his pioneering research into the genetic causes of Alzheimer’s disease, other forms of dementia and Parkinson’s … Read the full press release
LEEDS, 23-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — New research suggests that the movements involved in fidgeting may counteract the adverse health impacts of sitting for long periods. In a study published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a team of … Read the full press release
LONDON, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — UCL can confirm that Sir Tim Hunt FRS has today resigned from his position as Honorary Professor with the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences, following comments he made about women in science at the World … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Sir Tim Hunt FRS, UCL, University College London
LONDON, 17-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Men give more money through fundraising websites after seeing that other men have donated large amounts and when the fundraiser is an attractive woman, according to new UCL and University of Bristol research. The scientists say … Read the full press release
LONDON, 16-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Malnutrition is a major cause of stunted growth in children, but new UCL research on mothers and children in Egypt suggests that the problem is not just about quantity of food but also quality. Obesity … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Amina Aitsi-Selmi, obese mothers, on mothers and children in Egypt, poor diet, stunted children, UCL
A new report by UCL and Arup reveals that UK city authorities spend an average of £23 million a year each on IT, which is 6% of their total expenditure. LONDON, 20-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The study, ‘Delivering the Smart … Read the full press release
A man who was paralysed from the chest down following a knife attack can now walk using a frame, following a pioneering cell transplantation treatment developed by scientists at UCL and applied by surgeons at Wroclaw University Hospital, Poland. LONDON, … Read the full press release
People with type 2 diabetes are physically less able to recover from stress, finds a study by scientists at UCL and the University of Zurich, funded by the British Heart Foundation. LONDON, 22-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — These findings could lead … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Sanjay Thakrar, Professor Andrew Steptoe, stress, the University of Zurich, type 2 diabetes, UCL
Invertebrate numbers have decreased by 45% on average over a 35 year period in which the human population doubled, reports a study on the impact of humans on declining animal numbers. LONDON, 25-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — This decline matters because of … Read the full press release
LONDON, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A new way to artificially control muscles using light, with the potential to restore function to muscles paralysed by conditions such as motor neuron disease and spinal cord injury, has been developed by scientists at UCL and … Read the full press release
LONDON, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The world’s first centre for computational psychiatry was launched on Tuesday 1st April, following a €5m investment from the Max Planck Society and UCL to be spent over the next 5 years. The Max Planck UCL Centre … Read the full press release
LONDON, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Eating seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day reduces your risk of death at any point in time by 42% compared to eating less than one portion, reports a new UCL study. Researchers used … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 15-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — UCL and Worldline, Atos subsidiary in e-payment and transactional services, have agreed to work together researching and developing new digital enterprises and apps. This is the first collaboration of its kind between the university and the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, France, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged apps, Atos, Claire Bishop, digital projects, Dominique Rerat, e-payment, internal app store, media projects, Mobile APP Ecosystem, Timothy Barnes, transactional services, UCL, UCL DECIDE, Worldline, Worldline’s Spanish division
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