Common debilitating health conditions, such as anxiety, depression and neck and back pain, may be under-diagnosed in autistic people, finds a new study led by Professor Joshua Stott & Dr Elizabeth O'Nions
@UCLPALS
.
Report by
@BawdenTom
in
@theipaper
:
A breathing aid that can help keep Covid-19 patients out of intensive care, developed in just over a week by
@uclmecheng
@Health_Eng
and
@F1
engineers working with clinicians at
@uclh
, has been approved for use in the NHS
#unisupport
UCL has today announced it will dename spaces and buildings named after two prominent eugenicists Francis Galton and Karl Pearson, following the findings of the Inquiry into the History of Eugenics
@UCL
We are today issuing a public apology for UCL’s history and legacy of eugenics. UCL played a fundamental role in the development, propagation and legitimisation of eugenics. We deeply regret this and apologise.
Congratulations to the six academics from across
@UCL
who have been named among the
@apoliticalco
100 most influential academics in government. The list, nominated by public servants, focuses on five policy areas including
#COVID19
recovery and climate
For the safety of
@ucl
students & staff amid the spread of Covid-19, face-to-face teaching is suspended with immediate effect for the rest of the academic year & all assessments scheduled to take place in exam halls will be replaced by online alternatives
UCL has again been named as one of the best universities in the world in the latest QS
@worlduniranking
, with 9 subjects in the global top 10 and over half of subjects in the world top 25.
@IOE_London
has also retained its
#1
spot for the 8th year running.
We welcome the government’s decision that A-level results will be determined by teacher-predicted grades, and are delighted to accept all students who meet the terms of their original offer on all programmes that do not have an externally-determined cap.
Congrats to 300+
@UCL
medical students who have graduated today! Fast-tracked as part of the UK government’s response to Covid-19, many will now serve on the
@NHSuk
frontline as doctors. We could not be any prouder of you all!
@UCLMS
#unisupport
#nhs
We are delighted to announce
@profgeraintrees
as
@UCL
’s new Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement). He will be leading our research and innovation, animated by public purpose and working at the boundaries of academic endeavour.
The Duchess of Cambridge meets UCL Developmental Risk & Resilience Unit staff, and students from
@UCLPALS
&
@AFNCCF
masters programmes in child development, to hear about their work on research, clinical practice and policy to support young people’s mental health
@KensingtonRoyal
Congratulations to Professor Sir Roger Penrose, a
@UCLAlumni
and UCL Honorary Fellow who, along with Professors Reinhard Genzel & Andrea Ghez, has been awarded the 2020
#NobelPrize
in Physics for work improving our understanding of black holes
Prof Eamon McCrory
@UCLPALS
presented scientific evidence of the importance of early childhood for lifelong outcomes at a
#G7
roundtable today with The Duchess of Cambridge
@KensingtonRoyal
and
@FLOTUS
Dr Jill Biden
UCL has been ranked 8th best university in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2022. Assessors base scores on categories including reputation with employers, faculty-to-student ratio & proportion of international students
#QSWUR
@worlduniranking
“I am committed to supporting greater in-depth research in this vital area and I’m delighted to be meeting all those behind the study at this early stage”: The Duchess of Cambridge
@KensingtonRoyal
on
@UCL
's landmark Children of the 2020s study
#earlyyears
UCL has come 2nd in the UK for research power in
@REF_2021
. The excellence of research
@UCL
and its real-world impact has improved since 2014 with 93% of our research graded as ‘world leading’ & ‘internationally excellent’
#UCLResearch
#REFResults
#REF2021
It is with great sadness that we hear of the death of former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. We extend our deepest sympathies and sincere condolences to his family and the people of Japan at this difficult time.
We are delighted to announce that Baroness Hale of Richmond, President
@UKSupremeCourt
, is joining
@UCLLaws
as Honorary Professor. Lady Hale will play a part in research, teaching, and public engagement in the Faculty.
"These are unprecedented times. We've taken this decision so the NHS can plan & decide how to deploy our staff." Prof David Lomas
@ucl_slms
explains
@UCL
's decision to free up all medically-trained academics to support the NHS during the COVID-19 crisis.
.
@UCLpress
is launching a new open access megajournal that will provide academics and students with ground-breaking
#research
free of charge in a move that challenges traditional commercial publishing models
The first drug targeting the cause of Huntington’s disease was safe and well-tolerated in its first human trial led by Prof Sarah Tabrizi
@UCLHD
@UCLIoN
UCL is proud to announce the world's first
@WHO_Europe
Collaborating Centre on Arts & Health, led by Dr
@Daisy_Fancourt
@UCL_BSH
. The centre will advance understanding of how arts, culture and heritage can help our mental and physical health
@NetworkMARCH
Today
@ucl
opened its new state-of-the-art Student Centre dedicated to enhancing the student experience. It provides 1,000 new study spaces, over eight levels, for UCL's 42,000-strong student community and is one of the greenest student centres in the UK
Congratulations to
@UCL
's Professor Hiranya Peiris (
@UCL
Physics & Astronomy) who has shared this year’s $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for creating detailed maps of the early Universe
Congratulations to all the
@UCL
staff & alumni who have been named in the 2023
#NewYearHonours
, with special mention to Professor Sir
@MichaelMarmot
@marmotihe
, who has been appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour
UCL's medical students have been praised as 'invaluable' and 'outstanding' for their support for the NHS frontline during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
@UCLMS
@uclh
This week, as COVID-19 took its grip on UK life,
@UCL
has released all its medically-trained academics to support the NHS. Here in
@guardian
Prof David Lomas
@ucl_slms
– who has returned to the frontline - explains why researchers must ‘stand ready’.
We're pleased to announce the appointment of Prof Matthew Smith
@senmattye
, leading scholar in Caribbean history, as the new Director of
@LBS_at_UCL
(Legacies of British Slave-ownership), following the retirement of Dr Nick Draper
@UCLHistory
@UCL_AHSHS
Brain injury & stroke patients being discharged from hospital earlier than normal, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will receive virtual rehabilitation at home, as part of a pilot project led by
@dr_nickward
@NeurorehabUCLP
@UCLIoN
& supported by
@SameYouOrg
Congratulations to Prof Sir
@MichaelMarmot
@marmotihe
@UCLPopHealthSci
for being invested as a Companion of Honour at Windsor Castle for services to public health, a distinction reserved for just 65 people at any given time
The Duchess of Cambridge has arrived at UCL to visit developmental neuroscientists
@UCLPALS
to learn about their ground-breaking research into how environment and biology interact to shape the way in which children develop both socially and emotionally
@KensingtonRoyal
Academics, staff & students
@UCLPALS
met with The Duchess of Cambridge today to talk about their pioneering work in developmental neuroscience, and how by studying early brain patterns they are finding ways to give children the best possible start to life
Professor Sir
@MichaelMarmot
has written to 58 MPs, including former PM Liz Truss, imploring them to act if they care about their local population’s health, after a
@marmotihe
report confirmed that UK government policies are cutting people’s lives short
How a quiet drink in a UCL common room led to the creation of a CPAP breathing aid that can help keep Covid-19 patients out of intensive care:
@thesundaytimes
reports on the extraordinary collaboration between
@uclmecheng
,
@MercedesAMGF1
&
@uclh
(£)
Professor Eamon McCrory
@UCLPALS
speaks with The Duchess of Cambridge about how his lab uses brain imaging to see changes in brain structure & function in children following early adversity, with the aim of developing ways to prevent mental health problems before they emerge
"We are now seeing cases & hospital admissions rising steadily & an out of control epidemic within schools. The government must switch to its plan B immediately": Prof
@chrischirp
@uclmaps
joins
@NHSConfed
in calling for extra
#Covid19
restrictions now
UCL is excited to announce the creation of a new Professorship of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence + three research roles within
@uclcs
. The roles will be funded by
@DeepMindAI
, whose co-founders
@demishassabis
& Shane Legg are
@UCL
alumni.
We're proud to announce a new partnership with the
@nationaltrust
, joining forces to share
@ucl
research expertise in
#heritage
science,
#sustainable
conservation and cultural value, helping to promote & protect history, heritage, art & nature for everyone
We are today announcing that
@UCL
is bringing forward the harmonisation of sick pay - and other measures - for all cleaning, security, portering and catering staff in response to the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis
@unisontheunion
Congratulations to our
@UCL
academics awarded 2021 Future Leaders Fellowships by
@UKRI_News
to accelerate their research & innovation in areas ranging from robotics & new medical treatments to social media harm, free speech and the role of taxes
#ukriflf
@UCL
has today provided 13 hi-tech virus detecting machines, which will enable thousands more people to be tested for Covid-19. Professor David Lomas
@ucl_slms
said he had "no hesitation" in freeing up the equipment to support the national effort.
UCL President & Provost Professor Michael Arthur: “I am shocked and saddened to hear about a racially-motivated attack on one of our students. UCL is offering him our full support at this time and we condemn this attack.”
A family is celebrating the successful birth of their daughter, who had surgery on her spine whilst still in her mother’s womb. The surgery was performed by a team from
@ucl
led by Prof Anna David
@PrenatalTherapy
@UCL_IfWH
,
@uclh
&
@GreatOrmondSt
Today
@UCL
launches a new sustainability strategy which sets out our plans to help tackle
#climatechange
& ensure we take a leading role in environmental & social sustainability. We can also confirm we're divesting from fossil fuels in 2019
@SustainableUCL
As coronavirus spreads around the world,
@UCL
experts are taking a prominent role in advancing public knowledge about the virus by advising world leaders, providing expert comment in the media and urgently researching new ways of tackling COVID-19.
It is with great sorrow that we hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen, Queen Elizabeth II. We extend our very deepest sympathies and sincere condolences to the Royal Family at this extremely difficult time
HRH The Princess Royal visited
@UCL
today to open a new state-of-the-art centre for advanced biomedical research imaging. The UCL Multiscale Imaging Centre, in partnership with ZEISS, is the first
@zeiss_micro
laboratory in Europe outside of Germany
#UZMIC
Congratulations to the UCL engineers & medics who have been awarded an
@RAEngNews
prize for exceptional services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The breathing aid they developed with
@MercedesAMGF1
&
@uclh
is now being used in more than 60 UK hospitals
"We need to rediscover our ambition to improve public health as we did in the 18th & 19th centuries": Prof Christina Pagel
@chrischirp
@uclmaps
on how to live with
#Covid19
better – & the three Omicron myths we need to stop believing
@guardianopinion
Over 350 experts have provided recommendations about how to end Covid-19 as a public health threat as part of a new
@Nature
study co-authored by Prof
@SusanMichie
,
@OksanaPyzikUCL
& Prof
@chrischirp
which emphasises the need for a whole-of-society strategy
.
@UCL
has committed to ensuring that security, cleaning and catering staff will receive the same or equivalent pay and benefits as directly employed staff, following constructive negotiations with UNISON
Congratulations to Professor Catherine Hall, Chair of
@LBS_at_UCL
@UCLHistory
, awarded the Leverhulme Medal and Prize 2021 by the
@BritishAcademy_
for the wide-ranging impact of her work in the fields of class, gender, empire and postcolonial history
Congratulations to two
@ucl
medical research teams, who have been recognised for their groundbreaking and pioneering healthcare work, winning national prizes at the prestigious 2019 BMJ awards!
@bmj_latest
#TheBMJAwards
A major new research hub led by
@ucl
and
@Cambridge_Uni
, with £19m funding from
@EPSRC
, aims to use
#quantum
technology to improve the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ranging from cancer to infectious disease to Alzheimer’s
A sixth of London's streets are wide enough to accommodate protected cycle lanes, meaning 1,464 miles of track could be created quickly to keep cyclists safe, finds new analysis by Dr Ashley Dhanani &
@npalomin
@BartlettArchUCL
@CASAUCL
@BartlettUCL
Congratulations to Professor Hiranya Peiris
@uclmaps
, who has been awarded the prestigious Max Born Prize and Medal by
@PhysicsNews
& the German Physical Society (DPG) for her outstanding contributions to cosmology
UCL has been ranked at 20th in the world in the latest
@worlduniranking
for graduate employability - a jump of two places compared with 2020 - placing it in the top 4% universities worldwide. The results place UCL at 3rd in the UK and 1st in London
#QSWUR
Congratulations to 8 senior
@ucl
researchers who have been awarded
@ERC_Research
Advanced Grants. The research will address global challenges and cover urban development, archaeology, ophthalmology, anthropology and physics and astronomy
#ERCAdG
#EUfunded
"We can suppress this epidemic in the way that China and other countries have done ... But we need to act now": Prof Anthony Costello
@globalhlthtwit
@UCLGlobalHealth
urges the UK government to change its strategy on COVID-19
UCL wins its first
@LeverhulmeTrust
Doctoral Training Programme ‘The Ecological Study of the Brain’ to fund 15 multidisciplinary doctoral scholarships. It will be led by Prof Gabriella Vigliocco
@vigliocco_g
@EP_UCL
.
@ProfIAbubakar
, Dean of
@UCLPopHealthSci
, has been appointed to a global panel monitoring the world's preparedness for health emergencies. The group,
@TheGPMB
, co-convened by
@WHO
&
@WorldBank
, will support preparations for the next global health threat
On Boxing Day, watch Dr Hannah Fry
@FryRsquared
@CASAUCL
deliver the Royal Institution’s 2019
#XmasLectures
series on ‘Secrets and Lies: The Hidden Power of Maths’
@Ri_Science
on
@BBCFOUR
at 8pm. Two further episodes follow on the 27 & 28 December too!
UCL has risen two places to rank eighth in the 2020 QS World University Rankings, making it the top ranked institution in London, third in the United Kingdom, and fourth in Europe
#WUR2020
#UniversityRankings
#QS
Professor
@MazzucatoM
takes on new post this week as EU Commissioner Carlos Moedas’ new special advisor on mission-driven science and innovation
@UCL_IIPP
@BartlettUCL
Professor Judith Breuer
@judith_breuer
@UCLInfectImm
has today been announced as one of the leading UK scientists to be part of a major new genome sequencing consortium which will map the spread of
#COVID19
#unisupport
.
@UCL
's Ramsay Hall will become a
#COVID19
testing centre today, in partnership with
@CamdenCouncil
&
@DHSCgovuk
. Those with symptoms are able to get a test 7 days a week. We are committed to playing an active role in our community & supporting residents
"The poorer the children, the higher the risk of mortality, but nothing’s been done… We're in a high-income country and this is on our doorstep": Prof Monica Lakhanpaul
@ProfLakhanpaul
@UCLchildhealth
@UCLPopHealthSci
on how poverty affects child health
Prof
@SusanMichie
@UCLBehaveChange
@UCLPALS
raises concerns about the timing of the UK Government encouraging a return to the office, saying "we should wait and see" if transmission rates rise as schools and universities reopen, before reopening offices
As young people weren't considered to be at high risk from
#Covid
-19 directly, pandemic policy decisions largely ignored their needs and resulted in their long-term detriment, finds research led by Prof Lauren Andres
@dpu_ucl
@TheBartlettUCL