The UCL also announced that it would investigate whether the organizers breached the university's room booking procedures as well as the circumstances that led to awarding of an honorary senior lectureship to Thompson.
Helmuth Nyborg has said "we don't trust the media" to explain why conference organizers avoid public attention.
[9] The LCI was investigated in January 2018 following the 2017 attendance of Toby Young (who was then involved in controversy over his past tweets and tenure on the board of the government-funded Office for Students) at these conferences, as well as their alleged eugenicist content, neo-Nazi links and clandestine nature.
[12][10] The UCL issued a press release saying that it would investigate the circumstances that led to awarding of an honorary senior lectureship to Thompson, and reaffirmed that it is committed to combating racism.
UCL has now cut all ties with Thompson and taken steps to avoid the possibility of such events taking place without the university's knowledge.