This mini-podcast is an extension of the already existing Ask the Expert website, in which young people submit questions for a UCL expert to answer. We receive questions from all over the world from Tower Hamlets to China. 



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UCL East Schools Engagement: Ask The Expert?

In this mini-episode Dr Shoba Poduval a GP at the Institute of Epidemiology & Healthcare responds to the question 'Can oxytocin help us bond with everything?'

Date of episode recording: 2023-09-28
Duration: 00:08:51
Language of episode: English 
Presenter:Roberta Livingston
Guests: Dr. Shoba Poduval 
Producer: Roberta Livingston

ATE Podcast

Can oxytocin help us bond with everything?

In this episode, Mat Disney a Professor of Remote Sensing in the Geography department at UCL responds to the question 'Is the earth flat, or a circle?' 

Date of episode recording: 2023-09-15
Duration: 00:07:04
Language of episode: English 
Presenter:Roberta Livingston 
Guests: Mat Disney 
Producer: Roberta Livingston

Is the earth flat or a circle?

In this episode UCL East Schools Engagement Assistant Roberta Livingston hosts an Admissions special with notes and guidance provided by the UCL Admissions Team.

For more information and to access the transcript: 
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture-online/case-studies/2023/nov/ask-expert-admissions-special 

Date of episode recording: 2023-11-03
Duration: 00:05:32
Language of episode: English 
Presenter: Roberta Livingston
Producer: Roberta Livingston, Emma Bryant

Ask The Expert

Admissions Special

In this episode associate Professor Kate Bright walks Roberta Livingston through the Slade School's admission process. 

For more information and to access the transcript: 
www.ucl.ac.uk/culture-online/case-studies/2023/nov/podcast-slade-admissions-special


Date of episode recording: 2023-10-11
Duration: 00:05:41
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Roberta Livingston 
Guests: Kate Bright 
Producer: Roberta Livingston, Emma Bryant

Slade Admissions

In this episode we hear from Abbie Chapman, a research fellow at UCL respond to the question 'Is taking A-Level worth it?' Abbie talks us through her experience.

Date of episode recording: 2024-02-13T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:08:39
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Roberta Livingston
Guests: Abbie Chapman
Producer: Emma Bryant and Roberta Livingston

Ask the Expert 

Is taking A-Level Geography worth it?

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

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?

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