Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê in the media
Absence of family dinners and obsession with fast food breeds obesity in Britain
Professor Peter Goldblatt (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Health Equity) comments on Britain's culture of obesity. "In southern Europe, in particular, there is less fast food and more family dinners," he said.
Guardian book club
Professor John Mullan (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê English Language & Literature) talks about Regeneration by Pat Barker, and looks at readers' responses to the book.
'Stoptober' stop-smoking campaign launched in England
Professor Robert West (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Epidemiology & Public Health) talks about whether a new mass marketing campaign, called Stoptober, can actually stop people smoking.
The real question is, can you create a good impression?
Prospective students, it appears, really agonise about the "personal statements" that form part of their university application form. It is an open page with few guidelines, says Professor Adrian Furnham (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Health Psychology).
New collider to create a bigger bang
Professor Jon Butterworth (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Physics & Astronomy) said that finding the Higgs was just the beginning. "It means we have a wild new frontier of physics to explore," he added.Ìý
Students who fall short on A-levels win places at top universities
At Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, a Russell Group member and ranked in the top ten of universities worldwide, applicants have been accepted despite dropping a grade from the three As they were asked for.
Omega-3s as Study Aid? DHA May Help Lowest-Scoring Readers Improve
"For children like this, with relatively severe reading problems, [the change seen] is of little, if any, educational significance,"Ìýsaid Professor Charles Hulme (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Developmental Science).Ìý"I think this trial is too brief - only 16 weeks - to have a realistic chance of finding effects on reading, even if they exist."Ìý
School of the future... new state superschool Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Academy
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Academy, a state comprehensive set up in a partnership between Camden council and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, admitted its first pupils this morning. "We're trying to break out of the old model of how schools have to be run," said Geraldine Davies, the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê academy's principal.
The Sky at Night: Curiosity at Mars
Dr Pete Grindrod (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Earth Sciences) talks about the Curiosity rover, and its mission on Mars.
Heritage Open Days: from Victoriana nuttiness to self-sufficiency
As part of this year's Heritage Open Days you can visit Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's Mullard Space Science Laboratory to learn about the origins of the UK's space science programme.