The cost of neglecting child mental health

With mental health problems on the rise among children, UCL…

Tracing the future of forensic science

Forensic evidence is easily misinterpreted, leading to wrongful prosecutions. A new, crowdfunded UCL lab is aiming to prevent this.

Mapping that changes lives

More than one billion people globally live in informal settlements. Online platform ReMapRisk could help them put themselves and the ´invisible´ risks they live with, like landslides and disease, on the map.

Art, academics and activism

Or, how a UCL professor came to co-produce an art biennale in India that opened up taboos about public health

Acting up

UCL neuroscientists and a London youth theatre group have formed a unique artistic partnership to explore and explain why teenagers are teenagers

Weathering the solar storm

The Sun’s violent activity can jeopardise infrastructure and lives worldwide, but thanks to UCL scientists, predicting and preparing for these outbursts is on the horizon

The show must go on

From career-altering injuries to debilitating psychological problems, UCL is tackling the dire need for specialist medical care for performing artists.

We will remember them

As we mark the Battle of the Somme’s centenary this year, poetry by an unsung UCL graduate is helping the university to humanise the vast tragedy for today’s schoolchildren