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A shift in surgical practice over the last decade towards the earlier removal of a type of slow-growing but ultimately fatal brain tumour has led to dramatic improvements in survival and seizure control for patients, a study at UCLH and UCL has found.

Home nurse visits for disadvantaged mothers is linked to improved cognitive functioning and academic performance in children in the US, according to new research from UCL, University of Colorado and University of Rochester, New York.

This week we meet Lily Challenger-Rowe (right) and Sailee Khurjekar (left) - Members of the UCL ChangeMakers Decolonising the Curriculum team who are hyper-organised, uber-creative, and outspoken feminists.

Neurologists and epidemiologists at UCL hope to gain fresh insights into brain ageing and dementia, as part of a new Alzheimer's study, assessing the records of people whose health and health-related behaviours has been uniquely documented since birth.

Liam is Innovation Development Manager in UCL Innovation & Enterprise. Here he shares with us his work developing partnerships across UCL, his latest project with the UCL Sustainability team and the top spot in the country for excellent beer! What is your role and what does it involve?

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National dementia research charity Alzheimer's Research UK (ARUK) has appointed UCL Professor Jonathan Schott as the charity's first ever Chief Medical Officer (CMO).

This week we meet Julian Laufs, a PhD candidate who talks us through his role as a student quality reviewer where he worked in partnership with staff to improve teaching at UCL.

Four out of five children say they feel more confident in themselves after spending time participating in outdoor activities, according to new UCL research.

Key components for a massive optical digital camera onboard the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope have been delivered by astronomers and engineers from the UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory.

The new, state-of-the-art Perren telescope was unveiled today at the UCL Observatory (UCLO) by Astronomer Royal, Lord Martin Rees, to celebrate 90 years since the observatory was first opened by then Astronomer Royal, Sir Frank Watson Dyson.

Pupils in private schools do significantly better at A levels compared to those in similar state schools according to UCL research, which is the first to study the current performance gap in upper secondary education in England.

Protecting and strengthening the UK's leading international position in a globally competitive research and innovation environment is a top priority outlined in a new report for UK Government, co-authored by UCL's Professor Graeme Reid.

This week we chat to third year Experimental Psychology PhD student Kyoo, who worked in banking for 15 years before deciding to return to studying after becoming a mother.

The world's largest ever study into the impact and scalability of arts interventions on physical and mental health has been launched by UCL and King's College London, supported by a £2m award from Wellcome Trust.

Dr Diana Georgescu, Lecturer at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, writes that Greta Thunberg divides opinion due to deep-seated beliefs that childhood is an age of innocence and being dependent on adults.

UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) today celebrated the opening of The Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, by welcoming the first patients through its doors for treatment.

This week we caught up with Psychiatry PhD student Tayla, who is carrying out the SENSE study, a UCL-wide survey of student wellbeing and mental health.

This week we meet second-year BA Geography student Hamnah, who has been heavily involved with sustainability initiatives at UCL.

A positive link has been found between the number of people in England giving up smoking and the number of people using e-cigarettes to try and quit, according to new UCL-led study. The study, published today in Addiction  and funded by Cancer Research UK, found that as use of e-cigarettes in quit attempts went up from 2011 onwards, so did the success rate of quitting.