Your Gift in Action
Read all the latest success stories made possible by the philanthropic support of alumni and friends of UCL.
Your Gift in Action
Hosting our first Paralympic Sports Taster Day thanks to your support!
The
Paralympic Games were established right here in Britain in 1948! Just one of
the many things I was taught during my training to run the recent Paralympic
Sports Taster Day, organised with the help of funding from the Greatest Needs
and Opportunities Fund and the Volunteering Services Unit at UCL.
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Celebrating student support
On Monday 12 March we hosted our second student-led Scholarships and Bursaries reception, to celebrate the impact of philanthropic support for our students. We were pleased to welcome a number of generous donors who had supported a named scholarship or bursary at UCL. Over 30 student ambassadors attended the event, all of whom are current recipients of student support. More...
Redevelopment of Lewis's Building supported by alumni and friends
UCL President & Provost Malcolm Grant officially opened the new Students’ Union building, which was in part made possible by a number of generous alumni and friends supporting the major renovation of the old Lewis’s Building on the corner of Gower Street and Gordon Place. More...
Francis Galton’s novel Kantsaywhere published for the first time
UCL Library Services have recently digitised, thanks to the generous donations from UCL alumni, the surviving text of Galton’s novel Kantsaywhere. UCL decided it to make it publicly available for the first time as part of a year of events commemorating the 100th anniversary of his death. More...
Grant Museum of Zoology becomes 21st century ‘museum laboratory’
In March this year the Grant Museum of Zoology moves to a new, more spacious and more public home, in the Rockefeller Building on Gower Street. It retains its Victorian cases, crammed with specimens, and these look spectacular in the new space, but – due in large part to the generosity of donors to the UCL Annual Fund - the approach to visitor interaction is very much of the 21st century. More...
Helping to rebuild Haiti
A team of UCL architects, engineers and students
pooled their expertise to build a primary school and community-centre complex
in earthquake-stricken Haiti in 2010.
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UCL Laws mooting teams able to attend prestigious competitions
It has been another busy and successful year of mooting which has been supported directly by alumni gifts made in 2011-2012 to the UCL Faculty of Laws. More...
Supporting women's health and international development in Malawi
UCL alumni and friends have supported a project to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity in Malawi. Gifts from UCL supporters have enabled the production of Umodzi (Together) a documentary about women’s groups in rural Malawi facilitated by MaiMwana Project, a collaboration between UCL's Centre for International Health and Development (UCL-CIHD) and the Malawi Ministry of Health.
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UCL alumni: the lifeline that helped me reach my potential
I recently completed my MSc in Security Studies with a distinction – something I’m extremely proud of – but also something I couldn’t have accomplished without alumni support. More...
Alumni and friends help UCL research healthier cities
This year the kind contributions of UCL alumni and friends have
supported our academics as they undertake research into ‘Healthy Cities’. The
Healthy Cities project will consider how changing the built environment might
affect the health of its residents.
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UCL alumni and friends raising the bar
UCL Laws students have the opportunity to work in a real-time law environment thanks to an exciting new initiative. The Pro Bono project is being set up to enable students, under supervision from qualified solicitors, to offer free legal advice to members of the community. More...
Helping communities in Peru to construct their future
Second year students from UCL’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering have helped to build earthquake proof housing in Peru thanks to a grant from the Greatest Needs and Opportunities Fund. More...
Help a student with financial concerns
There are over 20,000 students from nearly 140 countries at
UCL. Educated by exceptional, dedicated teachers, they experience a
dynamic learning environment in one of the world’s most exciting cities.
It’s a demanding place to study – but for some it’s not just the
academic work that is a challenge. The cost of being at university can
prove overwhelming and each year there are students who would not be
able to remain at UCL without financial assistance.
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Enhancing the student experience
Donations from UCL alumni and friends have led to the creation of a web-hosted learning environment allowing Medical students instant and constant access to a wide array of learning resources. More...
"I am so grateful"
My name is Helena and I recently completed an MA at UCL having studied for my undergraduate degree here as well. I studied English at UCL and knew from the day I set foot on campus for my interview that this was where I wanted to be. I loved the sense of history you felt just from walking round the cloisters and reading in the main library. I was excited too about the idea of living in a fantastically busy city whilst being part of a close-knit community. My UCL experience certainly didn’t disappoint; my tutors were fantastic and challenged me to produce my best.
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New uses for old spaces
One of UCL’s most popular hangouts – the Print Room Café – was created thanks to the generous supporters of the Greatest Needs and Opportunities Fund. More...
