Black Key Étude Op. 10, No. 5 - Frédéric Chopin (1810 –1849)

Pianist: Ryo Fukaura, UCL medical student, playing the piece from memory, in the Peter Samuel Hall at the Royal Free Hospital.

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Ryo Fukaura: Chopin - Black Key Étude Op. 10, No. 5

Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, simplified version with original cadenza - Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)

Pianist: Ryo Fukaura, UCL medical student, playing the piece from memory, in the Peter Samuel Hall at the Royal Free Hospital.

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Ryo Fukaura: Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.2

Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) and Dr Priti Parikh (Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction) chat to Dr Kate Roll (UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose) about sustainable development. Dr Roll explores what the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) really mean, where they come from, and why they exist at all. 

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable-development-goals/unlocking-sdgs-blueprint-future-episode-0

Date of episode recording: 2022-04-25
Duration: 00:11:40
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, Dr Priti Parikh
Guests: Dr Kate Roll
Producer: Front Ear Podcasts

Introducing the SDGs

About the Lecture:

This lecture is about the author's practical introduction to critical realism, which won the International Association of Critical Realism annual book prize. The book is based on an annual course conducted at IOE since 2007. The book is a clear time-saving introduction for postgraduate students, researchers, supervisors and lecturers. After decades of conducting sociological research, the author was concerned about gaps and contradictions in the main paradigms. These are addressed in the first chapters, with ways in which critical realism helps to resolve them. Interactions between structure and agency, and whether research can be value-free are then addressed. Two frameworks that greatly help with data analysis, the four planes of social being and four stages of transformative change, are explained, with a final chapter on how critical realism informs effective research. The critical realist concepts are illustrated with examples about health, but they apply to any discipline.

About the Speaker:

Priscilla Alderson
Emerita Professor at IOE - Social Research Institute

Since 1991, Priscilla Alderson has worked at the Social Science Research Unit, now in the Social Research Institute UCL. Her research covers many aspects of health and education, ethics, childhood and children’s rights, and is reported in over 300 publications. In 2014, she started leading the UCL critical realism postdoctoral course, founded by Roy Bhaskar in 2007. Her latest research, published in a series of open access journal papers, is detailed on the UCL website about children’s consent to heart surgery.

A practical introduction to critical realism

In the final episode of To Prosperity and Beyond, RP and Sam are joined by MSc PIE programme leads, Dr. Onya Idoko and Dr. Konrad Miciukiewicz. They discuss their research interests and professional backgrounds and give insights on how the PIE programme was built and designed to support aspiring transformative leaders from all over the world. They discuss the necessary lens of prosperity in approaching entrepreneurship and how a diversity of voices can be the avenue for the most innovative solutions. They explain how the direction of the programme has changed over the years and provide key lessons on how to succeed in the MSc PIE programme.

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/igp/podcasts/prosperity-and-beyond-podcast/transcript-concluding-journey


Date of episode recording: 2023-12-08
Duration: 00:47:17
Language of episode: English
Presenter:RP Duterte; Sam Tamayo
Guests: Dr. Onya Idoko; Dr. Konrad Miciukiewicz
Producer: RP Duterte; Sam Tamayo

Concluding the journey with Dr Konrad Miciukiewicz and Dr Onya Idoko

The Bartlett Review Podcast: Women leading infrastructure 

Why is there a shortage of female leaders in infrastructure and construction, and why is this an urgent problem for us all? In this podcast, we're talking about the shortage of female talent working in top jobs in construction and infrastructure. What is putting women off these jobs? Join Julia Prescot, Deputy Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, and experts Prof Priti Parikh and Dr Katharina Burger from UCL's Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, to examine how we can do more to build a pipeline of female talent.

https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/women-leading-infrastructure/index.html

Women Leading Infrastructure

This episode we explore Positive Impact. UCLB is helping to create a new generation of businesses from UCL academics specifically with positive societal impact at their heart. The commercialisation process can be a long road requiring financial, legal, and practical support. Nigel Campbell meets two inventors, Buffy Price Co-founder and COO of Carbon Re, an AI and Climate Tech company spinout from UCL and Cambridge, and Professor Pete Coffey from UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Founder of Tenpoint Therapeutics; both who are on that journey on how their inventions might improve our future world. We also talk to Dr Anne Lane, CEO of UCLB to find out how UCLB finds the bright ideas which will improve lives, and what it takes to scale to a point where they are having true impact.

For more information and transcript: https://www.uclb.com/event-category/podcast/

Positive Impact: A new generation of business with society at heart

We speak with Warren Luk, a former student in Economics & Statistics at UCL, about his time at the university, how important extra-curricular activities are, and what his career path has been since he ventured into the world. Links: https://www.goodlab.hk/

Transcription link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/transcript-episode-11

Date of episode recording: 2023-07-12T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:29:16
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Nathan Green
Guests: Warren Luk
Producer: Chih Ching Chen

An interview with Warren Luk, CEO of Good Lab, a Hong Kong-based social innovation think-and-do tank

Join hosts Doctor Xand van Tulleken and Dr Rochelle Burgess for Season 4, Episode 2 of Public Health Disrupted with Prof Maria Kett and Sarah Spencer.

"Is technology the magic bullet for humanitarian aid, or does it come with its own set of ethical dilemmas?"

In this episode, hosts Dr Xand van Tulleken and Dr Rochelle Burgess delve into the complex world of humanitarian crises and the transformative role of technology in emergency responses.

With the expertise of Professor Maria Kett, an anthropologist with a rich background in disability-inclusive humanitarian aid, and Sarah Spencer, an AI technical consultant navigating the challenging intersection of AI, national security, and public policy, this episode explores the intricate relationship between technology and humanitarian action.

From AI’s potential for predicting and containing epidemics, to the potential pitfalls of humanitarian surveillance, our guests discuss how technology is reshaping the humanitarian landscape. They challenge us to consider the ethical implications of data security, consent, and the agency of vulnerable populations whose lives are increasingly datafied.

Read full show notes: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/health-of-public/ai-good-tech-and-ethics-humanitarian-crises
Access transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/health-of-public/transcript-ai-good-tech-and-ethics-humanitarian-crises

Season 4 - AI for Good: Tech and Ethics in Humanitarian Crises

Anxiety is a natural human response. It’s what we feel when we are worried, tense, or afraid – particularly about the unknown or things that are about to happen. However, for approximately 23% of the UKs population, anxiety involves repeated episodes of intense fear or terror about everyday situations and activities. Professor Oliver Robinson is the co-group leader of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Group at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London. In this month’s episode, Shakira and Iman talk to Oli about anxiety disorders and the difference between anxiety and fear.  

Presented by Shakira Crawford & Iman Issa-Ismail. 
Guest: Prof Oliver Robinson. 
Producer: Shakira Crawford. 
Podcast Research: Kyron James. 
Project Mentors: Marie Horner & Kaveh Rahnama. 
Filmed By: Mike Wornell. 
Led By: Dr Rupy Kaur Matharu & Dr Shoba Poduval. 

In collaboration with Future Formed and UCL.
Funded by the UCL East Community Engagement Seed Fund 2022/23 and Future Formed.

S1, E3 Anxiety and Psychological Distress with Professor Oliver Robinson

This week we ask "how can we improve public services?" In particular, what are the structures and management strategies that best enable effective service delivery?

Date of episode recording: 2023-12-14T00:00:00Z
Duration: 36:08
Language of episode: English (UK)  
Presenter: Prof Alan Renwick
Guests: Marc Esteve
Producer: Eleanor Kingwell-Banham

Transcript link: https://ucl-uncovering-politics.simplecast.com/episodes/improving-public-services/transcript

Improving Public Services

E-scooters provoke a 'Marmite' love or hate response in many of us. Still being piloted across UK cities, they straddle an uncertain legislative space, with concerns around safety not far from the headlines. Yet there are other important questions raised by this still-emergent form of transport. In this episode, we speak with Dr Daniel Oviedo about the multifaceted dimensions of transport-related social exclusion: from affordability, to fear, discrimination and more. We discuss the conditions that may allow or prohibit people from using E-scooters – a form of transport important to social development, connection, and Daniel argues wellbeing. We explore how working with researchers from sociology, behaviour change, sustainable transport and industrial engineering – and various stakeholders with local authorities, TFL, and Innovate UK, helped to conceptualise a more inclusive policy approach for E-scooters. Daniel Oviedo is an Associate Professor at UCL’s Bartlett Development and Planning Unit. He specialises in the social, economic, and spatial analysis of inequalities related to urban transport and policy evaluation, with projects situated across Latin America, Africa, and Asia, as well as here in the UK. 
For the podcast transcript, details of our other podcasts and activities visit: http://tinyurl.com/mubmxu4n

Date of episode recording: 2024-01-25T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:25:28
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Lili Golmohammadi
Guests: Daniel Oviedo 
Producer: Matt Aucott, Cerys Bradley

S2 E4: E-scooters and the transport related social exclusion

We are most likely to think about environmental data as sets of facts, but have you thought of it as having a social life? In this episode, we explore how those who collect and prepare environmental data may not necessarily be the ones to use or benefit from it: Dr Tone Walford and Dr Cecilia Chavana-Bryant draw on their experiences of collecting data across the Amazon in Brazil, French Guiana and Peru, and more recently in Hampstead Heath in London, the UK, to consider more collaborative and equitable forms of environmental data. We discuss how bringing together anthropologists, artists, forest ecologists, remote sensing specialists, and the UK’s Ancient Tree Forum, is helping to frame alternative modes of collecting, accessing, and sharing environmental data. Tone Walford is a Lecturer in Digital Anthropology, based in UCL’s Anthropology Department. Their work explores the new forms of data politics that underpin current efforts in international observational science to measure, archive, and manage the Earth. Cecilia Chavana-Bryant is a forest ecologist and a National Centre for Earth Observation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, based in UCL’s Geography Department. Her work broadly focuses on the ecology and function of temperate and tropical forests canopies. For the podcast transcript, details of our other podcasts and activities visit: http://tinyurl.com/mubmxu4n

Date of episode recording: 2024-01-25T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:32:32
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Lili Golmohammadi
Guests: Tone Walford, Cecilia Chavana-Bryant
Producer: Matt Aucott, Cerys Bradley

S2 E5: Environmental data justice

Introducing episode 3 of season four! Our hosts Mark and Simon continue this series with a discussion on the fallout from COP28 for the UK, and what needs to be done on a national, governmental and local level.

Joining them are our guests Ian Townsend (ONS Divisional Director of Environment), Robbie Macpherson, (APPG lead at Uplift), Annabel Rice (Political Advisor at Green Alliance) and Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy at Greater London Authority, Shirley Rodrigues, to talk national feeling and climate policy.

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-change/podcasts-videos/generation-one-climate-podcast 
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References
ONS release calendar: https://www.ons.gov.uk/releasecalendar/
Key ONS environmental releases: 
Important issues facing the UK (5.1-5.13), http://bit.ly/ONSimpactCOL
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts
Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain Statistical bulletins:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/publicopinionsandsocialtrendsgreatbritain/previousReleases
Business insights and impact on the economy bulletins: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/bulletins/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy/previousReleases

Date of episode recording: 14th and 23rd February 2024  
Duration: 27 mins, 14 secs  
Language of episode: English 
Presenter: Mark Maslin and Simon Chin-Yee 
Guests: 
Ian Townsend, ONS, Divisional Director of Environment 
Annabel Rice, Political Adviser at Green Alliance and UCL alum (Environment, Politics and Society 2021)
Robbie MacPherson, Political and Climate Change APPG Lead, Uplift
Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor, Environment and Energy at Greater London Authority 
Producer: Adam Batstone

Season 4: Post COP28 - Where does national climate action go from here?

We are back with the second series of the Life of PIE podcast. Dr Onya Idoko lets us know what we can expect from this season. 

Date of episode recording: 2024-03-04T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:02:28
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Dr Onya Idoko; Juan Manuel Castillo
Producer: Juan Manuel Castillo

Season 2 Trailer

Celebrate International Women's Day with a special first episode of the new series of Life of PIE! Onya, your host, delves into the complex world of women's health alongside Kris Teow, an MSc PIE alum from the 2022-23 cohort. Kris shares findings from her qualitative study on the experiences of Malaysian corporate women, shedding light on the diverse ways women's health is perceived and managed globally. From the cultural construction of women's bodies to the stigma surrounding menstruation and menopause, the conversation explores the nuanced factors that shape women's health. Join them as they navigate cultural nuances and societal expectations and raise crucial questions. How do cultural norms shape women's health? What challenges do women face in different corners of the world? Join this eye-opening episode to unravel the complexities of women's health on a global scale, as Onya and Kris invite you to explore, question, and advocate for a more inclusive approach to women's well-being. More about Kris Teow: Kris is highly passionate about women's health as well as equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) issues, Kristina is currently in the Partnerships team of The Forward Institute, an organisation focused on strengthening leadership for positive impact. Prior to this, she'd advised early-stage start-ups at UCL's enterprise incubator, the Hatchery, and earlier on, led the people and culture team at a Series A healthtech in Southeast Asia. She started her career in a global leadership advisory firm, working with large technology companies across APAC. Outside of work, she enjoys being an amateur yogi and swimming at whichever pool she can find." You can find out more about Kris and connect with her on LinkedIn. Production: The Life of PIE podcast is produced by Juan Manuel Fournier Castillo, an MSc PIE alumni and Creative strategist. All voice actors are MSc PIE alumni and we are grateful to the team for taking the time to co-create this season. 

Date of episode recording: 2024-03-04T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:35:32
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Dr Onya Idoko
Guests: Kristina Teow
Producer: Juan Manuel Fournier Castillo

The Complex World of Women’s Health: With guest Kris Teow

Hosted by Olivia Moir, this very special episode discusses prenatal therapy with Prof Anna David, Director of the Institute for Women's Health here at UCL. Today we cover the basics of what the field of prenatal therapy is about, discussing the general lack of prenatal therapy in clinic and some of the factors behind why this is. We talk about the importance of conducting research to advance clinical practise in this field, supporting mums and the new generations to come. 

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/womens-health/it-all-starts-here-ega-ifwh-institute-womens-health-podcast

Date of episode recording: 2023-12-04
Duration: 36:15 
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Olivia Moir
Guests: Prof Anna David
Producer: Olivia Moir, UCL Changemakers

It All Starts Here 

We All Need Therapy, Including Mums and Unborn Babies

In this episode, we are hosting Professor Maria Todorova from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to revisit her illuminating book 'Imagining The Balkans.' Professor Todorova specializes in Eastern Europe, particularly the Balkans in the modern period, focusing on historical demography, nationalism, socialism, and post-communism. Her work has had a major influence on the study of the Balkans and Orientalism as interconnected subjects and project.

Date of episode recording: 2023-07-18T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:42:25
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Dr. Sertaç Sehlikoglu; Meryem Zișan Köker; Hazal Aydın.
Guests: Professor Maria Todorova
Producer: Dr. Sertaç Sehlikoglu; Meryem Zișan Köker; Hazal Aydın.

Imagining Turkey from the Balkans: A Conversation with Prof Maria Todorova

In this episode, we’re moving beyond the UK to explore global climate policy in the wake of COP28. Hosts Mark and Simon are joined by Pierre Cannet, the Global Head of Public Affairs and Policy at Client Earth, to discuss how the law can be used to create change.  

More about Client Earth: https://www.clientearth.org/

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-change/podcasts-videos/generation-one-climate-podcast  

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Date of episode recording: 16th February 2024 
Duration: 27.12 minutes  
Language of episode: English  
Presenter: Mark Maslin and Simon Chin-Yee  
Guests: Pierre Cannet, Global Head of Public Affairs and Policy at Client Earth 
Producer: Adam Batstone

Tackling climate change in the courts with Pierre Cannet of Client Earth

Season 4: Post COP28 - Global climate action

For this podcast we are visited by Chris Layne (Nova Southeastern University) to discuss the topic 'Resilience in grief and bereavement'. The podcast is hosted by Shi-Hui Kau (UCL). This podcast covers: 

1. What are the similarities between posttraumatic stress and grief reactions? 
2. Does the circumstances or reasons of death affect the way a bereaved person grieves and build resilience? 
3. What is multidimensional grief theory? 
4. How can the average person help a close friend or loved one who is currently grieving?

For the transcript: https://resiliencerg.wixsite.com/mysite/podcasts

Date of episode recording: 2024-02-20T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:52:35
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Shi-Hui Kau
Guests: Chris Layne
Producer: Jennifer McGowan

Resilience Research Group: Resilience in grief and bereavement

Join hosts Doctor Xand van Tulleken and Dr Rochelle Burgess for Season 4, Episode 3 of Public Health Disrupted. "It's not our children who are disordered, it's the environment in which we're expecting them to operate." In this month’s episode, our experts explore the pressing issue of children's mental health in the UK. With one in five young individuals facing probable mental health disorders, the urgency for effective support systems is undeniable. Joining the conversation are Kate Silverton, renowned broadcaster turned qualified child therapist, and Professor Nicola Walshe, a proponent of climate change and sustainability education. Together, they dissect the challenges faced by schools and parents in supporting children's mental health and the innovative ways to foster well-being through nature and the arts. 

Kate Silverton shares her insights on the variability of mental health support in schools and the critical need for standardised, professionally trained mental health professionals on-site. She emphasises the importance of understanding the neuroscience behind children's behaviour and offers a sneak peak of some of the practical, science-backed strategies found in her latest book, ‘There’s still no such thing as naughty: parenting for the primary years’. Professor Nicola Walshe discusses her work with the UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education, highlighting the transformative power of combining arts with nature to improve children's mental and emotional well-being. She presents compelling evidence from the Eco-Capabilities project, illustrating how such practices not only benefit the students but also reinvigorate teachers' passion for their profession. This episode is an impassioned call to disrupt the status quo of public health and education systems, advocating for a holistic approach that prioritises emotional well-being and connection to nature as the foundation for learning and growth. 

Public Health Disrupted with Rochelle Burgess and Xand Van Tulleken is produced by Annabelle Buckland at Decibelle Creative / @decibelle_creative

For the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/health-of-public/transcript-redefining-classroom-nurturing-mental-health-through-nature-and-arts

Date of episode recording: 2024-02-19T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:40:00
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Xand van Tulleken; Rochelle Burgess
Guests: Kate Silverton; Nicola Walshe
Producer: Annabelle Buckland

Season 4 - Redefining the Classroom: Nurturing Mental Health Through Nature, Arts, and Understanding

This week we’re looking at disputes between states and international investors. How are they resolved? And why should every one of us care about them? 

Date of episode recording: 2024-02-29T00:00:00Z
Duration: 38:13
Language of episode: English (UK)  
Presenter: Prof Alan Renwick
Guests: Lauge Poulsen
Producer: Eleanor Kingwell-Banham

Settling Disputes Between Governments And Investors

In part one of a two part medical special we focus on the question 'If I am good at Maths and Biology and I want to go into Neurosurgery and Science, do I have to start out as an ordinary doctor? I am also interested in Pathology, where do I start with this?' In this episode we focus on the first question and Dr. Shoba Poduval talks us through applying for medical school and how to pursue a career in Neurosurgery.

Date of episode recording: 2024-03-19T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:11:37
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Roberta Livingston 
Guests: Dr. Shoba Poduval 
Producer: Roberta Livingston and Emma Bryant

Ask the Expert 

If I want to go into neurosurgery, do I have to start out as an ordinary doctor?

In part two of a two part medical special we focus on the question 'If I am good at Maths and Biology and I want to go into Neurosurgery and Science, do I have to start out as an ordinary doctor? I am also interested in Pathology, where do I start with this?' In this episode we focus on the second question and Dr. Shoba Poduval talks us through a career in Pathology. 

Date of episode recording: 2024-03-19T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:11:37
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Roberta Livingston 
Guests: Dr Shoba Poduval
Producer: Roberta Livingston and Emma Bryant

Ask the Expert

I'm also interested in Pathology, where do I start with this?

About the Lecture:

Understanding reproductive health is key for everyone, whether we want children or not. Since writing a book called Your Fertile Years, Professor Harper has been researching into all aspects of reproductive health education and heads the International Reproductive Health Education Collaboration who aim to deliver reproductive health education to everyone. She created a survey to ask teenagers around the world their attitudes and knowledge to reproductive health.  So far data has been obtained from the UK, Belgium, Greece and Japan. And she asked UK teenage girls how they feel about having a period. She has also surveyed over 6000 women to ask their attitudes and knowledge of their periods and menopause. Through this research, resources have been created to help teachers and health professionals provide education and she is heading the development of the UK Menopause Education and Support programme, so that all women in the UK can understand what happens during menopause.

About the Speaker
Joyce Harper, Professor of Reproductive Science at UCL

Joyce Harper is an award-winning educator, author, podcaster, academic, and scientist. She is Professor of Reproductive Science at University College London in the Institute for Women’s Health where she is Head of the Reproductive Science and Society Group.

She has worked in the fields of fertility, genetics and reproductive science since 1987, written over 240 scientific papers and published three books.

She is leading the development of a UK Menopause Education and Support Programme with support from key organizations.

She is co-founder of the UK Fertility Education Initiative (www.fertilityed.uk) and founder of the International Reproductive Health Education Collaboration (www.eshre.eu/IRHEC). She is working with schools in the UK and globally to help deliver reproductive health education.

Her latest book, Your Fertile Years, What you need to know to make informed choices, was published in 2021 by Sheldon Press.

Her podcast is called Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me This? Is available on all podcast channels.

Further information – www.joyceharper.com

Follow on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Tiktok and Linkedin - @ProfJoyceHarper

Why We Need To Teach Everyone About Reproductive Health

About the Lecture:

A tapestry of cosmic events stretching over the past 13.8 billion years have shaped our existence in a vast universe. This lecture will explore how the computer simulations to study the cosmos have developed in tandem with more down-to-earth pursuits like weather forecasting. We will see how the resulting computer codes have unlocked our understanding of the universe, from galaxies and black holes to the essence of matter. And the lecture will conclude with a look at the multiverse and the contentious idea put forward by some philosophers and scientists that we may already be living inside a simulation, Matrix-style. The talk is based on the lecturer's critically-acclaimed book “The Universe in a Box”, published in 2023.

About the Speaker
Andrew Pontzen, Professor of Cosmology at UCL

Andrew Pontzen is a professor of cosmology and author of the recent highly-acclaimed book The Universe In A Box. His award-winning research uses computer simulations to shed light on the cosmos. He has written for the Guardian, New Scientist, BBC Sky at Night and BBC Science Focus; appeared on BBC, Amazon Prime and Discovery Channel documentaries; and contributed to BBC radio programmes including Inside Science, CrowdScience and The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry.

Universes Multiverses And Simulations

Date of lecture: Tuesday 19 March 2024

About the lecture:
Beauty and aesthetics have always played a multi-faceted role in human society. During the last decades, smile attractiveness has become a very important factor influencing both personal and professional aspects of everyday life. This has been compounded by the effect of social media and marketing. Dentistry has also evolved significantly over the last decades and has the capacity to predictably restore missing teeth with various modalities, including dental implants, or completely transform the shape and colour of teeth with smile make-overs. The demand for such services has steadily increased and patients are faced with a multitude of offers from dental colleagues. Such dental treatment is usually elective and expensive which also leads to the phenomenon of dental tourism. This presentation will showcase the state-of-the-art dental treatment modalities available today for tooth replacement with dental implants and smile design/make-overs but will also highlight the pitfalls of misinformation, overtreatment and marketing of some dental services.

About the speaker:
Professor Lambis Petridis qualified from the Dental School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Lunch Hour Lecture - Dental implants and Hollywood smiles: Advances and pitfalls

What are individuals doing to fight climate change and how important is the role of local activism? This episode will be focusing on individual climate action, with our guests chatting to our hosts about the role of activism in initiating change. Featuring Louise Harris (songwriter and Just Stop Oil activist), Versha Jones, (Climate Reality Project - Volunteer National Coordinator, UK) Annabel Rice (Political Advisor at the Green Alliance) and Kris de Meyer (Senior Research Fellow in Climate Communications University College London, Dept of Earth Sciences).  

‘We Tried’ song by Louise Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2XV20G85Tg 

The Climate Reality Project https://www.climaterealityproject.org/ 

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-change/podcasts-videos/generation-one-climate-podcast  

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Date of episode recording: 14th February and 8th March 
Duration: 39.20 minutes  
Language of episode: English  
Presenter: Mark Maslin and Simon Chin-Yee  
Guests:  
Louise Harris, Just Stop Oil  
Versha Jones, The Climate Reality Project  
Annabel Rice, Green Alliance 
Kris de Meyer, Department of Earth Sciences, UCL 
Producer: Adam Batstone

Season 4: Post COP28 - Where does individual climate action go from here?

In this podcast, we examine what 'decent' living standards mean for people in low-income countries – including energy access and transport infrastructure – and how these are critically linked with the urgent need to reduce global carbon emissions. Join UCL experts Professor Priti Parikh, Professor Jing Meng and Dr Simon Chin-Yee as they discuss what's needed to lift living standards for low-income countries in the global climate crisis, and the role that high-income nations can play.

Transcription link: https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/podcast-lifting-living-standards-with-low-emissions/index.html

Date of episode recording: 2024-03-06T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:31:40
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Professor Priti Parikh
Guests: Professor Jing Meng; Dr Simon Chin-Yee
Producer: Liz Griffith and Adam Batstone

The Bartlett Review Podcast: Lifting living standards with low emissions

To mark World Haemophilia Day, we sit down with Professor Amit Nathwani of the UCL Cancer Institute to explore his journey to commercialising the groundbreaking haemophilia A treatment, Roctavian. Host Nigel Campbell is joined by Prof Nathwani and Dr. Rick Fagan, UCLB Director of Biopharm, to explore how Amit’s work looking after patients with haemophilia in the NHS instilled a mission to develop a 'one and done' vaccine type approach to the condition. Amit’s lab to market story, working with UCLB, led to the creation of Roctavian, a one-time gene therapy used for the treatment of adults with severe haemophilia A. The therapy, which was licensed to BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, received marketing approval in Europe in 2022 and US FDA approval in 2023, and is now available to patients commercially.

Date of episode recording: 2024-04-10T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:23:58
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Nigel Campbell
Guests: Prof Amit Nathwani; Dr Rick Fagan
Producer: Nora Amin

Professor Amit Nathwani’s journey to create a one-shot cure for haemophilia A

Happy Earth Day! This episode’s focus is on entrepreneurial climate action: what are businesses – particularly the AI sector – doing to combat the climate crisis and help reach net zero?  

Helping our hosts Mark and Simon answer these questions are Sims Witherspoon (current UCL student studying for MSC in climate change and Climate and Sustainability Lead at Google DeepMind), Buffy Price (COO and Co-Founder of Carbon Re, an AI startup which aims to accelerate decarbonisation), and Zoe Cokeliss Barsley (Director of Sustainability at Oxford University Press) and UCL alumna (MSc Conservation 2003)  

Carbon Re https://carbonre.com/ 
Oxford University Press Responsible Publishing report https://oup.foleon.com/responsible-publishing-report-2022-23/2022-23/ 

For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-change/podcasts-videos/generation-one-climate-podcast  

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Date of episode recording: 14th February, 23rd February and 1st March 2024 
Duration: 32.15 minutes 
Language of episode: English  
Presenter: Mark Maslin and Simon Chin-Yee  
Guests:  
Sims Witherspoon, Google DeepMind 
Buffy Price, Carbon Re 
Zoe Cokeliss Barsley, Oxford University Press 
Producer: Adam Batstone

Season 4: Post COP28 – AI and the business of climate action

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Arabesque No.1 in E major (c.1891)

Piano - Ryo Fukaura

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Debussy: Arabesque No.1 in E major (Ryo Fukaura, University College London)

Maple Leaf Rag‬ - Scott Joplin (c.1867– 1917)

Pianist: Ryo Fukaura, UCL medical student, playing the piece from memory, in the Peter Samuel Hall at the Royal Free Hospital.

We'll be releasing more recordings with Ryo regularly over the next couple weeks:
https://soundcloud.com/uclsound/sets/ryo-fukaura-piano

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at http://ucl.ac.uk.

Ryo Fukaura: Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag (University College London)

Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 - Frédéric Chopin (1810 –1849)

Pianist: Ryo Fukaura, UCL medical student, playing the piece from memory, in the Peter Samuel Hall at the Royal Free Hospital.

We'll be releasing more recordings with Ryo regularly over the next couple weeks:
soundcloud.com/uclsound/sets/ryo-fukaura-piano

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at http://ucl.ac.uk.

Ryo Fukaura: Chopin - Scherzo No.2

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