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UCL's office of the Vice-President External Engagement (VPEE) launches new Student Journalism Scheme for budding journalists and communicators Ten UCL students have been given a fantastic opportunity

Poor mental health among young people aged 16 and 17 has increased by more than 25% since 2017, with those who identify as non-binary among the most affected, according to research by UCL and the Sutton Trust.

A gold coin long dismissed as a forgery appears to be authentic and depicts a long-lost Roman emperor named Sponsian, according to a new UCL-led study. The coin, housed at The Hunterian collection at the University of Glasgow, was among a handful of coins of the same design unearthed in Transylvania, in present-day Romania, in 1713.

A UCL-led team of archaeologists found spear tips and other stone tools that have been submerged under the English Channel since the last ice age, providing new clues about our Neanderthal past.

A UCL-led team of archaeologists found spear tips and other stone tools that have been submerged under the English Channel since the last ice age, providing new clues about our Neanderthal past.

PhD candidate Tom Metherell (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) shares in The Conversation his recent study which showed adolescents without computer access during the pandemic were at greater risk of mental health problems.

The pandemic has exacerbated existing differences in the number of GP appointments international migrants receive compared to those who were born in the UK, finds a new UCL-led study.

A total of 58 UCL academics have been identified as "one in 1,000 Citation Elite" on Clarivate's annual 'Highly Cited Researchers List' 2022, which recognises authors of the most influential research papers around the world.

Now that the population of Planet Earth reached 8 billion, Paul Barnes (UCL Anthropology), writing with other academics in The Conversation, looks at why it's best to reduce overconsumption in rich countries so all humans can share the planet's limited resources.

Dr Ida Kubiszewski and Professor Robert Costanza (both UCL Institute for Global Prosperity), writing with other academics in The Conversation, advocate creating a "wellbeing economy" and away from one based on economic growth as the planet hits a new record of eight billion.

Underlying many of the issues facing the UK, Professor Geoff Mulgan (UCL STEaPP) argues in The Conversation is a crisis of imagination, where leaders aren't able to conceive of and enact potential creative solutions to the myriad of modern problems.

The Sub-observing Solar Orbiter spacecraft, which carries instruments proposed, designed and built at UCL, has spotted a "tube" of cooler atmospheric gases snaking its way through the Sun's magnetic field.

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Marcus Richards (UCL MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing) and Professor Jonathan Schott (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) share insights into Alzheimer's disease they've gleaned from the longest continuously running health study.

Lack of access to a computer was linked to poorer mental health among young people and adolescents during COVID-19 lockdowns, according to a study involving a UCL researcher.

A milestone 3,000 participants have been recruited to a clinical trial led by UCL and UCLH, which is aimed at reducing the number of patients with breast cancer who receive unnecessary chemotherapy.

Motorcyclists delivering hot food who pick up jobs through digital platforms are more likely to be in a collision where their bike is damaged or someone is injured than those directly employed by restaurants, finds research by UCL. Freelance delivery riders are also more likely to report that time pressure from their employer means they are more likely to speed (56% versus 39%) or ride through red lights (21% versus 12%).

Matthew Schlachter (UCL Institute of the Americas) explores in The Conversation what new restrictive voting laws could mean for Americans' confidence in democracy.

Climate experts from across UCL are at the COP27 UN climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh as observers and delegation members, with teams of academics also monitoring and providing expert commentary from London.

A new treatment for neurological and psychiatric diseases, that works by reducing the excitability of overactive brain cells, has been developed by UCL researchers.