UCL to investigate its historical links to eugenics after outcry over secret meetings

Academics say university's inquiry must address wider issue of racial equality on campus

University College London has launched an inquiry into its historical links with eugenics, following pressure from students and staff.

It emerged in January that conferences on eugenics and intelligence had been run secretly at the university for at least three years by James Thompson, an honorary senior lecturer at UCL. Speakers included white supremacists and a researcher who has previously advocated child rape.