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This week we’re looking at the elections in the United States. Donald Trump has won; the Democrats have been comprehensively defeated. What explains the result? And what are the implications – for the US and the wider world? Episode Notes One week after the US elections, Donald Trump has claimed victory, securing the presidency, the Senate, and almost certainly – though not yet confirmed – the House of Representatives as well. This sweeping win over Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party has ignited widespread discussion: what went wrong for the Democrats, and what lies ahead for both parties? In this episode, we examine these key questions with our expert guests, exploring what this election outcome could mean for US policy on critical issues, including climate change, trade, democracy, and America’s relations with Ukraine, the Middle East, and China. With so much at stake, there’s already intense debate about the direction the country – and indeed, the world – may take in the coming years. To shed light on these issues we are joined by: Dr Thomas Gift, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the UCL Centre on US Politics (CUSP). Dr Julie Norman, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations and CUSP’s Foreign Policy Lead. Both Dr Gift and Dr Norman bring deep expertise in US politics and policy, offering insights into where things stand, what to expect from the new administration, and the potential global implications. Together, they help to unpack the complexities of these developments and consider what the future might hold.
Date of episode recording: 2024-11-14
Duration: 00:35:08
Language of episode: English (UK and US)
Presenter: Alan Renwick
Guests: Thomas Gift, Julie Norman
Producer: Eleanor Kingwell-Banham
Link to transcript: https://ucl-uncovering-politics.simplecast.com/episodes/dissecting-the-2024-us-election -
Today's episode hosted by Olivia, features Miss Adeola Olaitan, who is a Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, for a discussion on gynaecological cancers and Human papilloma virus (HPV). We discuss the five different types of gynaecological cancers, including: ovarian cancer, uterine or endometrial (womb) cancer, cervical cancer, vaginal and vulval cancer. Adeola also describes the overarching theme of preventative medicine, and the steps that should be taken as early as 11 years of age aiming to prevent certain types of gynaecological cancers. She touches on HPV, and some common misconceptions in this area, and the importance of screening in this area. Listen to learn more, and how you can take action for preventing these diseases.
To learn more about Adeola's work, visit: https://londongynaecology.clinic/team/adeola-olaitan/
For help on screening and prevention, visit:
eveappeal.org.uk/ - UK based charity that aids in supporting women with all 5 gynae cancers
jewishbrca.org/ - help for women of Jewish ancestry who wish to know their BRCA status (Having Jewish ancestry increases your risk of having a BRCA gene fault)
Date of episode recording: 2024-11-26T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:26:39
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Olivia Moir
Guests: Adeola Olaitan
Producer: UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health; Olivia Moir
Transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/womens-health/news-and-events/it-all-starts-here-ega-ifwh-institute-womens-health-podcast -
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Here Jane Perryman and Alice Bradbury present data which explores how the Ofsted inspection is experienced and stakeholders’ views on how it could be improved. They discuss the report’s recommendations for change and discuss how this would benefit teachers and schools.
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In this special episode hosts Mark Maslin and Simon Chin Yee give us behind the scenes insights and their verdicts on the outcome of COP29.
This COP was mainly about the money and went into extra time, but our hosts unpack it and take a deep dive into the key results with the help of special guests in the studio Priti Parikh, Professor of Infrastructure Engineering and International Development, at UCL’s Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction and Anoushka Jain, a UCL Politics and International Relations student and member of the UK Youth Climate Coalition. We even round off this episode with some post COP music therapy! Let the spine tingling music wash over you. It’s a new composition from the collaboration between UCL and the BBC Young Composer project.
UCL teamed up with the BBC Young Composer competition to inspire the winners to create brand new pieces based on UCL’s climate science. Composing for the Climate is a collaboration between UCL and the BBC as part of East Bank – the UK’s newest culture quarter on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park where UCL has a campus.
BBC music credits:
© BBC ‘Gaia’ composed by BBC Young Composer competition winner Advaith Jagannath. Recording made as part of the BBC Proms 2024, performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and conducted by Hugh Brunt.
BBC Radio 3 website to hear the full pieces: BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms - BBC Young Composer Winners: The Process and Music
Website for BBC Young Composer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p030pblf
Find out more about UCL at COP29 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-change/ucl-cop
Date of episode recording: Monday 25th November 2024
Duration: 41:57
Language of episode: English
Presenters: Professor Mark Maslin and Dr Simon Chin-Yee
Guests:
Professor Priti Parikh
Anoushka Jain
Producers:
Adam Batstone
Caitlin Mullin
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In the lead-up to COP29, please join Hope Dillarstone and Elaine Flores for an insightful lecture exploring the complex nexus between climate change, mental health, and reproductive decision-making.
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In this special episode, The SDGs and India, Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Professor Sumit Malhotra, from the Centre of Community Medicine at AIIMS and Professor PVM Rao from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi. In this episode, we’re going overseas to take a special focus on the role of the SDGs on research in India, and how Indian researchers are contributing to reaching the goals.
Date of episode recording: 2024-10-28
Duration: 00:28:49
Language of episode: English
Presenters: Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh
Guests: Professor Sumit Malhotra, from the Centre of Community Medicine at AIIMS and Professor PVM Rao from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi
Producer: Front Ear
Link to transcript: https://liveuclac.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/SDGPodcastSeriesWorkingGroup/EbBHXguMfeJMivTtYXtNeKYBYdy5P9mI-z1f3dSaukwk7w?e=hmsdwq -
In episode 6 of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt, Professor of Dental Public Health at University College London is in conversation withDr Benoit Varenne from the World Health Organisation and Dr Dympna Kavanagh, Chief Dental Officer in the Department of Health, Ireland. Together they discuss current and forthcoming developments in global and national oral health policy and how the research community can best support oral health as a public health priority around the world.
Read a full transcript: https://researchpodcasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OHM-Ep6-transcript.pdf
Credits
Presenter: Professor Richard Watt, University College London
Editor and producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts
Artwork and audiograms: Krissie Brighty-Glover and Lauren White, Research Podcasts
Music: The Documentary, Mapamusic -
In this episode, Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Anoushka Jain, a student from UCL Dept of Political Science and Vasiliki Kioupi from University of Leeds. They’re focusing on education and the role of Education for Sustainable Development, or ESD, exploring how sustainable development can be integrated into the curriculum, and what that might mean for the next generation of students.
Date of episode recording: 2024-07-23T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:43:51
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, Professor Priti Parikh
Guests: Anoushka Jain, Vasiliki Kioupi
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Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Professor Catalina Turcu, Professor of Sustainable Built Environment, Bartlett School of Planning and Professor Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health in the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction. Today they’re discussing the relationship between the Sustainable Development Goals and climate change.
Goal 13 calls for urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, and many people have argued that tackling climate change should be the highest priority of the goals because of its impact on all of the other targets.
Date of episode recording: 2024-07-23T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:44:36
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, Professor Priti Parikh
Guests: Professor Catalina Turcu, Professor Ilan Kelman
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Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Professor Essi Viding and Professor Argyris Stringaris, from the UCL Division of Psychiatry and Psychology and Language Sciences and joint PVPs to the UCL Grand Challenge of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Following initial discussions from series 2, they’re taking a deeper dive on the issue of mental health and wellbeing relating to education and research.
Date of episode recording: 2024-06-25T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:38:46
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh
Guests: Professor Essi Viding and Professor Argyris Stringaris
Producer: Front Ear -
Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Dr Maria Perez Ortiz, from the UCL Department of Computer Science, and Professor Jack Stilgoe, from the UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies. They’re taking a look at the role of technology and artificial intelligence, or AI, in supporting the implementation of the goals.
AI is a rapidly evolving field, but what is its role in sustainable development? How can it enable progress to a fairer world – or will it prove more of a hindrance? What are the practical and ethical issues that researchers and policy makers need to take into account?
Date of episode recording: 2024-06-25T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:35:47
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, Professor Priti Parikh
Guests: Dr Maria Perez Ortiz, Professor Jack Stilgoe
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Presented on 24/10/24, Dr Thomas Gift discusses 'What can we expect in November’s election? Will both sides accept the result as legitimate? Thomas Gift will address these and other pressing questions in this timely primer on the 2024 US Election.'
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Glyn Lewis and Gemma Lewis will discuss the antidepressant controversy in this Lunch Hour Lecture.
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This lunch hour lecture will focus on the case for recognizing the role of the ‘depressogenic’ environment.
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In episode 5 of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt, Professor of Dental Public Health at University College London is in conversation with Professor Sharon Friel from the Australian National University. and Professor Delan Devakumar, from University College London. Together they discuss developments in the broader global health research agenda and highlight the burning issues specifically linked to equity and commercial determinants.
Read a full transcript: https://researchpodcasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OHM-Ep5-.pdf
Credits
Presenter: Professor Richard Watt, University College London
Editor and producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts
Artwork and audiograms: Krissie Brighty-Glover and Lauren White, Research Podcasts
Music: The Documentary, Mapamusic -
Professor Philip Schofield sits down with Dr Luciano Rila, from the Department of Maths, to delve into the history of the UK’s first university-affiliated Gaysoc, founded by Jamie Gardiner in 1972, at UCL. Dr Rila discovered archival materials in UCL’s Special Collections revealing that though the society was initially met with backlash, UCL’s liberal tradition prevailed, and the movement gained momentum, slowly leading to nationwide improvements in the lives of queer students.
Host: Professor Philip Schofield (Director of the Bentham Project, UCL)
Guest: Dr Luciano Rila (Department of Mathematics, UCL)
Commissioners: Professor David Docherty OBE & Dr Paul Ayris (Pro-Vice-Provost LCCOS: Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science, UCL)
Director: Justin Hardy (IOE - Culture, Communication & Media, UCL)
Producer: Stevie Doran
Date: 4 November 2024
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The host, Beverley Isibor sits down with Rikesh Rajani, a senior research fellow and advocate for disability equity, about his personal experience living with Long Covid. Rikesh opens up about the challenges of managing a chronic condition while balancing professional responsibilities at UCL since March 2022. Together, they unpack the implications of Long Covid on work, study, and mental health, shedding light on a topic that continues to shape many lives across the UK.
Date of episode recording: 2024-09-20T00:00:00Z
Duration: 27:12
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Beverley Isibor
Guests: Rikesh Rajani
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In this engaging episode of The EDI Chronicles at Brain Sciences, Beverley Isibor speaks with Professor Sara Mole, UCL’s Envoy for Gender Equality, about the relevance of the Athena SWAN Charter in 2024.
With Brain Sciences’ high engagement and UCL's impressive institutional and departmental track record in securing bronze, silver, and gold Athena SWAN awards, they explore the true impact of these distinctions and the elements of the charter's new era.
The conversation delves into institutional and local engagement, the transformed UK Athena SWAN, international influence, and how Athena SWAN compares to other equality charters like Stonewall. Together, they reflect on how the charter has uniquely shaped the higher education landscape.
Date of episode recording: 2024-07-22T00:00:00Z
Duration: 37:01
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Beverley Isibor
Guests: Professor Sara Mole
Producer: Teresa Barker -
In this debut episode of The EDI Chronicles at Brain Sciences, Beverley Isibor speaks with Dr. Natalie Marchant, an Associate Professor at UCL and Chair of the Research Culture Community Steering Group. Together, they explore the significance of inclusive research, especially in the context of dementia research.
Dr. Marchant provides insights into the real-world applications of inclusive research and its potential to create societal change, touching on topics such as community initiatives, researcher representation, job insecurity and much more.
Tune in for a rich discussion that emphasises the need for inclusive research.
Date of episode recording: 2024-07-22T00:00:00Z
Duration: 33:56
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Beverley Isibor
Guests: Dr Natalie Marchant
Producer: Teresa Barker - Laat meer zien
