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Welcome to this new weekly podcast series that explores the pandemic from the perspective of researchers across UCL.At UCL, our experts are taking a prominent role in advancing public knowledge about Covid-19. Find out more and help support the research.The 'Coronavirus: The Whole Story' podcast highlights UCL's interdisciplinary expertise on Covid-19 - focusing on its management, mitigation, eventual halt, and preparing for a post-coronavirus world.Presented by writer, broadcaster and UCL alumna Vivienne Parry OBE, each episode will look at the coronavirus outbreak through different lenses, ...

Welcome to AccessGranted: The Stories of UCL's most Inspiring Students! In each episode, we'll peel back the layers and reveal the unique experiences of our guests, from conquering daunting academic challenges and socio-economic barriers to battling the dragons of self-doubt. These stories will remind us of all that obstacles can be overcome, dreams can be realized, and change is within our reach. Contrary to your average storytelling podcast, we tend to infuse some wit, playfulness, and a dash of the unexpected into each episode. Sit back, adjust your headphones, and get ready to be inspired,...

Together We Create is a podcast series from UCL’s Collaborative Social Science Domain in which UCL social scientists share their stories, reflections, and top tips on collaborating with engineers, scientists, health practitioners, and designers and others, and discuss the benefits and challenges of taking a collaborative interdisciplinary approach to research. Series 2 In Series 2 four UCL social scientists, who were awarded one of our Social Science Plus awards, talk about their pilot projects and what they gained from their cross-disciplinary partnerships. We hear about the complexities of...

Artificial Intelligence is hurtling us into an unknown future. Will it pollute our infosphere, reinforce biases, or even be an existential risk? Or will AI help us solve the energy crisis, revolutionise healthcare and even eliminate the need for work? Perhaps all of these? On Steering AI, we talk to leading academic experts at the cutting-edge of this increasingly powerful and pervasive technology, hearing their views on the benefits and how to steer around the risks. The first step to mitigate a threat is to understand it. Technological progress is hard to predict, but no one doubts AI will ...