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The main approach used to teach young children how to read in England needs urgent reform and does not follow the most robust evidence, say UCL academics who have led work on the most comprehensive paper ever published about teaching phonics and reading.

Children are not learning to read as effectively as they should be as the current method is not underpinned by the latest robust evidence, say Professor Dominic Wyse and Professor Alice Bradbury (both IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society).

A well designed policy could have huge benefits for both the climate and the country involved, says Professor Michael Grubb (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources).

Renewables and nuclear make up half of UK power but a new market that cuts energy bills at the same time as decarbonising the system is needed, says Professor Michael Grubb (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources).

Machine learning company, Rahko, has been bought by US-based biotechnology firm, Odyssey Therapeutics, in a move that will bring together artificial intelligence and drug-discovery software to improve medical development for patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases.

People feel frustrated, dissatisfied and concerned about how democracy is working in the UK today, according to a UK-wide citizens' assembly, hosted by UCL.

Managing the mosquito population is increasingly important as infections related to the insect are expected to rise due to climate change, argue Professor Joerg Albert, Dr Alex Alampounti (both UCL Ear Institute) and PhD candidate Marcos Georgiades (UCL division of Biosciences).

A new CAR T-cell therapy developed by scientists at UCL has fewer 'toxic' side-effects and is more durable, targeting and killing cancer cells for longer, concludes a Phase I clinical trial of patients at University College London Hospitals (UCLH).

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The UK's Covid-19 Alert Level system* is close to meaningless to the public and adds to confusion about what people should or shouldn't be doing, according to a new report by UCL researchers.

Switching from cigarettes to heated tobacco lowers levels of exposure to harmful chemicals but more evidence is needed, say PhD candidate Harry Tattan-Birch, Professor Jamie Brown (both UCL Epidemiology & Health) and Professor Jamie Hartmann-Boyce (University of Oxford).

The changes made to our urban environments as a result of Covid-19 may help us to tackle other crises, argue Visiting Professor Dan Hill (UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose) and Professor Michele Acuto (University of Melbourne).

How does airborne transmission of COVID occur and how effective are masks against infection? Professor Lena Ciric (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) discusses how we can minimise the risk of transmission in indoor spaces.

Following a period of debate within our community and careful consideration of the issues, UCL has now taken the decision that we will not re-join Stonewall's Diversity Champions Programme or make a submission to the Workplace Equality Index.

The countries most at risk of climate impacts on food availability and affordability tend to be in sub-Saharan Africa, says Professor Paul Ekins (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources).

Millions have died unnecessarily of Covid and millions more will in 2022 unless something changes. Justice must be done says Professor Anthony Costello (UCL Institute for Global Health).