Summary This study investigates the relationship between beliefs in God and evolution in the current student population at University College
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We are proud of our students, and we celebrate the work they produce.
Made-in-STS-UCL.uk celebrates some of the best student work produced in UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS). From blogs and films to podcasts and essays, our students consistently create work that informs and impresses.
Mathematics and Mathematicians in the Stalin Era of The Soviet Union
Summary Mathematics and Mathematicians in the Stalin Era of The Soviet Union. Information Title Mathematics and Mathematicians in the Stalin
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Blogging emerging technologies
Every year, Dr Jack Stilgoe teaches a course for UCL undergraduates on Governing Emerging Technologies. Students from our department – Science and Technology Studies (STSUCL) – join students from science degrees around UCL to think about technologies before they are set in stone. The course is an exercise in navigating uncertainty. There are few definitive statements to rely upon, and he asks students to be sceptical of claims that scientists, inventors, ethicists, policymakers or anyone else make about the future. As well as doing the usual essays, they also get them to blog about whatever aspects of emerging technologies they like.
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Smog
STSUCL students investigate air quality in London and propose steps that can be taken by everyone to reduce their exposure to risks and hazards.
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Blue Death – Victorian Cholera
A film about the history of cholera in Victorian London, made by students in “Science and Film Production”.
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The Future of Zoos: Education and Human Welfare
Zoos should use human’s innate affinity to nature to increase education and improve human wellbeing
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