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Half of stop and searches in London between July and September occurred in 9% of neighbourhoods, with 69% of searches being in neighbourhoods more deprived than average, according to new analysis by UCL researchers.

More than nine in ten (92%) people grade their own compliance with Covid-19 lockdown restrictions as better than what they think the population average is, find UCL researchers as part of the Covid-19 Social Study.

The global voluntary carbon market, which allows companies to invest in environmental projects around the world to offset their own carbon footprint, could undermine global warming without an overhaul, a UCL and Trove Research study has found. Firms can offset their carbon dioxide emissions by purchasing credits from projects around the world that reduce emissions or remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. These include wind and solar farms, as well as initiatives to preserve forests or grow new trees.

London business leaders have set their sights on rebuilding a fairer, greener and more inclusive economy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new survey, developed with support from UCL.

This week we meet Dr Mengdie Zhuang, Postdoc at the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, who chats to us about her work leading the COVID Response Evaluation Dashboard (COVID RED).

Two UCL scientists who tragically died within months of each other in 2013 have had bays in Antarctica named after them in recognition of their contributions to Antarctic science.

There is still a long way to go to deliver on the promise of a universal, freely available "people's vaccine", argue Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Henry Lishi Li and Els Torreele (All UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose).

UCL is leading a £2m collaboration, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), to better exploit the power of policy and research to help mitigate the biggest social impacts of COVID-19 and accelerate the UK's recovery.

UCL is leading a £2m collaboration, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), to better exploit the power of policy and research to help mitigate the biggest social impacts of COVID-19 and accelerate the UK's recovery.

Applications are open for a paid opportunity to work with a leading academic and have a real-world impact while developing your research and leadership skills.

Teenagers born in 2000-2002 who dieted and thought of themselves as being overweight had greater symptoms of depression than those who did in previous generations, write Dr Francesca Solmi (UCL Psychiatry) and Dr Praveetha Patalay (UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies). The proportion of teenagers who are overweight or obese has risen over the past 30 years.

A referendum on Irish unification - a so-called border poll - might happen in the coming years. The government doesn't want one, but may have little choice, says Dr Alan Renwick (UCL Constitution Unit).

A rare and endangered UK wetland plant has been found in Norfolk after more than a century in hiding, report UCL researchers.

The number of patients starting anticancer therapies dropped by more than 30 per cent in April, the month following the UK's first COVID-19 lockdown, but went above pre-pandemic levels within three months, finds a new study of NHS England data co-led by UCL researchers.

49 UCL academics are included in the 'Highly Cited Researchers 2020' list from Clarivate, which recognises authors of the most influential research papers around the world.

Sort out your settings There are a number of settings for screen sharing that you can change in your Zoom profile on the Zoom web portal.

To be properly protective, Covid-19 vaccines need to be given to most people worldwide. Here, Dr Vageesh Jain (UCL Institute for Global Health) argues against the need for mandatory vaccines, while Dr Alberto Giubilini argues the reverse.

UCL is leading a vast international collaboration bringing together legal scholars across the world to understand and compare national legal responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Marking and lesson planning are the two aspects of teachers' jobs that lead to the greatest increase in workload stress and levels of poor wellbeing, according to a new study by UCL researchers.

More than 350,000 women in the UK may be missing out on key health and wellbeing check-ups following the birth of a child each year, according to a new study led by UCL researchers with Imperial College London.

Message from Professor Anthony Smith and Yasmeen Daoud, Welfare and International Officer, Students' Union UCL Dear Students, We are writing to you to support your travel planning for the winter break.

The number of children reading every day for pleasure is at its lowest since monitoring began in 2005, meaning that Marcus Rashford's announcement that he is launching a book club is much needed, says Dr Melanie Ramdarshan Bold (UCL Information Studies).

This week we meet Professor Kai H. Luo, Chair of Energy Systems in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

The emergence of the public museum cannot be disentangled from painful histories of colonial subjugation and exploitation.

PhD candidate Annamaria Dall'Anese shares how the Introductory Programme prompted her to think about what our academic spaces say about UCL's past, and how we can shape their future.

The couple norm has proved tenacious in the face of enormous social changes. But increasingly, people are challenging it, argues Professor Sasha Roseneil (Dean of UCL Social & Historical Sciences).

UCL's Ramsay Hall will become a COVID-19 testing centre from today, as part of a partnership between the London Borough of Camden and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).