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    Jun 3, 2024
    Common debilitating health conditions, such as anxiety, depression and neck and back pain, may be under-diagnosed in autistic people, finds a new study led by Professor Joshua Stott & Dr Elizabeth O'Nions @UCLPALS. Report by @BawdenTom in @theipaper:
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    Thousands of autistic people living with undiagnosed mental illnesses
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    Mar 30, 2020
    A breathing aid that can help keep Covid-19 patients out of intensive care, developed in just over a week by @uclmecheng @Health_Eng and @F1 engineers working with clinicians at @uclh, has been approved for use in the NHS ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/mar/… #unisupport
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    Jun 19, 2020
    UCL has today announced it will dename spaces and buildings named after two prominent eugenicists Francis Galton and Karl Pearson, following the findings of the Inquiry into the History of Eugenics @ucl
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    UCL denames buildings named after eugenicists
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    Jan 7, 2021
    We are today issuing a public apology for UCL’s history and legacy of eugenics. UCL played a fundamental role in the development, propagation and legitimisation of eugenics. We deeply regret this and apologise.
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    UCL makes formal public apology for its history and legacy of eugenics
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    Oct 5, 2021
    The Children of the 2020s study will include 8,000 babies born this year. Profs @GoodmanAlissa @IOE_London & @PascoFearon @UCLBrainScience speak with The Duchess of Cambridge @KensingtonRoyal about how high-quality research will help improve life chances ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/oct/…
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    Sep 11, 2019
    For the first time, water has been detected on a potentially habitable planet. Congratulations to @uclmaps team led by Dr Angelos Tsiaras, Dr @IngoWaldmann & Prof Giovanna Tinetti @UCL_CSED, who used @esa @NASAHubble data of #exoplanet K2-18b #MadeAtUCL ucl.ac.uk/news/2019/sep/…
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    Oct 8, 2021
    Congratulations to Prof Sir @MichaelMarmot @UCL_IEHC and Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp @uclmaps who have been honoured in #TheBMJAwards for their outstanding contribution to health and courageous public engagement in science during the pandemic ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/oct/…
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    Dec 22, 2021
    Congratulations to the six academics from across @UCL who have been named among the @apoliticalco 100 most influential academics in government. The list, nominated by public servants, focuses on five policy areas including #COVID19 recovery and climate ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/dec/…
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    Oct 5, 2021
    The Duchess of Cambridge @KensingtonRoyal has arrived @UCL to meet #earlyyears researchers @IOE_London @UCLBrainScience who are leading a new landmark birth study, 'Children of the 2020s', to better understand child development @CLScohorts @educationgovuk
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    Duchess of Cambridge visits UCL to discuss landmark early years study
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    Mar 13, 2020
    For the safety of @ucl students & staff amid the spread of Covid-19, face-to-face teaching is suspended with immediate effect for the rest of the academic year & all assessments scheduled to take place in exam halls will be replaced by online alternatives ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/mar/…
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    Mar 4, 2021
    UCL has again been named as one of the best universities in the world in the latest QS @worlduniranking, with 9 subjects in the global top 10 and over half of subjects in the world top 25. @IOE_London has also retained its #1 spot for the 8th year running.
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    UCL named as one of the world’s best universities to study
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    Aug 17, 2020
    We welcome the government’s decision that A-level results will be determined by teacher-predicted grades, and are delighted to accept all students who meet the terms of their original offer on all programmes that do not have an externally-determined cap.
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    UCL welcomes government’s reversal on A-level algorithm use
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    Apr 1, 2020
    Congrats to 300+ @UCL medical students who have graduated today! Fast-tracked as part of the UK government’s response to Covid-19, many will now serve on the @NHSuk frontline as doctors. We could not be any prouder of you all! @UCLMS #unisupport #nhs
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    'Baptism of fire’ as medical students are fast-tracked in virus battle
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    May 31, 2022
    A new national five-year study “Children of the 2020s” led by Prof @PascoFearon @UCLPALS @UCLBrainScience has been launched to collect data on thousands of babies in #England to help inform decisions about #earlyyears and childcare services. @CLScohorts
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    Thousands of babies to join new national study of child development
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