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Political and religious figures to debate role of religion in education

David R Weston — 2011-06-08T16:25:04Z

On June 15th UCL and the Accord Coalition will host a panel debate of leading political and religious figures to debate the role of religion in education, marking 140 years since the University Tests Act became law.

UCL Events blog launches

Lara J Carim — 2011-03-15T17:50:04Z

The UCL Events blog launched on 15 March, with a review and video footage of the sell-out 2011 Rickman Godlee lecture by Noam Chomsky on ‘Contours of Global Order’.

EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation & Science visits UCL

Nicholas W Tyndale — 2011-02-10T17:03:26Z

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, the European Union Commissioner for Research, Innovation & Science made an official visit to UCL on 7 February 2011.

A View from the Supreme Court

Lara J Carim — 2011-02-09T13:34:21Z

Funding arrangements do not “satisfactorily guarantee” the Supreme Court’s institutional independence, said Lord Phillips (President of the Court) in his lecture at UCL last night, launching the Constitution Unit’s project on the politics of judicial independence.

LawWithoutWalls launch

Lara J Carim — 2011-01-19T12:15:07Z

UCL Laws student Anna Pope reports on the innovative launch event for LawWithoutWalls, hosted on 15 and 16 January by the Faculty of Laws at UCL – the only UK university involved in the international teaching project.

Photomicrographia: Invisible Worlds

Neil D Rodger — 2010-12-21T15:19:41Z

UCL’s South Cloisters is hosting the exhibition ‘Photomicrographia: Invisible Worlds’ that exposes art at the microscopic level.

Listen: Celebrating student scholarships

Rachel Lister — 2010-12-13T16:47:05Z

On 14 December 2010, UCL’s newest scholarship recipients attended the annual scholarship awards reception to celebrate their achievement with fellow students, sponsors and academics.

2010 Lancet Lecture review: Helen Clark

Neil D Rodger — 2010-12-07T17:50:04Z

Shivani Singh, a doctoral candidate at the UCL Centre for International Health and Development, reviews Helen Clark’s lecture ‘Overcoming Public Health Challenges: Meeting the Millennium Development Goals’.

Competition law: a global perspective for a global phenomenon

Lara J Carim — 2010-11-30T16:10:02Z

With the widespread adoption of competition laws around the globe, new challenges arise when competition law is transplanted in countries with varying degrees of economic development.

UCL Friends of MSF – fundraising for Pakistan

Neil D Rodger — 2010-11-18T16:59:53Z

UCL Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are holding an event at UCL on 22 November to raise money for the victims of the recent flooding in Pakistan.

UCL/City & Islington partnership celebration

Lara J Carim — 2010-11-17T10:40:00Z

All staff are warmly invited to attend a celebration of the UCL/City & Islington partnership on 22 November.

UCL celebrates support of local businesses

Lara J Carim — 2010-11-04T09:25:29Z

UCL celebrated on 1 November the impact that staff, students and alumni have had on local enterprises in the last year with awards for the strongest projects carried out to date and the launch of SMILE, a new mentoring initiative.

UCL Saturday School expands Horizons of London teenagers

Lara J Carim — 2010-11-02T16:32:42Z

For the next eight months starting on Saturday 6 November, 100 Year Ten students from 30 inner London state schools will be spending their Saturday mornings at UCL.

Inside Nature: Henry Gee at the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology

Lara J Carim — 2010-11-01T10:27:00Z

Jack Ashby, Learning and Access Manager at the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology, reflects on the working life of one of the gatekeepers of the world’s scientific knowledge: Nature Senior Editor Henry Gee, who spoke at the museum on 26 October.

Internet and e-rights: A modern challenge for the legal world

Lara J Carim — 2010-10-26T13:31:39Z

“Human rights such as the right to private life, freedom of expression and information and intellectual property rights need to be reviewed and reinterpreted in the light of the evolution of internet applications.”

UCL Study Abroad Fair: 2 November

Neil D Rodger — 2010-10-25T15:34:38Z

The UCL International Office is hosting its annual Study Abroad Fair on Tuesday 2 November.

Watch: Colouring the Invisible

Rachel Lister — 2010-10-25T10:42:51Z

‘Colouring The Invisible’ is an installation running until 17 December at the UCL School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies (SSEES) by Julia Vogl, student at the UCL Slade School of Fine Art, that reflects the languages most commonly spoken by the SSEES community.

Listen – Creating Traditions: Story Telling Through Ancient Egypt

Rachel Lister — 2010-10-22T14:53:25Z

‘There was a man called Neferpesdjet, who was a bold commoner…’
‘Let me be given sweetness, let me be given love…’ How do these stories continue?

Bright Club at the UCL Bloomsbury

Lara J Carim — 2010-10-22T13:03:52Z

The UCL Bloomsbury Theatre will play host to Bright Club, the thinking person's variety night, on 26 October.

Pi Media invites students to join the debate

Rachel Lister — 2010-10-22T09:58:43Z

On Tuesday 26 October UCLU Pi Media - UCL’s student magazine and newspaper - is hosting a panel discussion on the findings of the report commissioned by the Provost following the alleged attempt of a former UCL student to blow up a transatlantic flight.

Gay rights as human rights

Lara J Carim — 2010-10-19T08:44:00Z

Yuvraj Joshi (UCL Laws), Editor-in-Chief of the UCL Jurisprudence Review, highlights the international perspectives and eminent speakers at a panel to launch the UK’s first student law journal.

Watch: London’s Black history

Lara J Carim — 2010-10-13T11:16:37Z

Dr Caroline Bressey (UCL Geography) describes her research into the history of the Black presence in London in this mini-lecture to mark Black History Month.

Incest and folk-dancing: why sex survives

Clare S Ryan — 2010-10-11T13:16:40Z

To launch the 2010/11 season of UCL’s Lunch Hour Lectures, Professor of genetics Steve Jones will unravel the taboo subject of incest, arguing that it is much more common than most people think. In fact, you might have unintentionally committed it yourself.

Culture jamming: New ways to communicate climate change

Rachel Lister — 2010-10-04T10:58:23Z

MSc student Richard Dent describes how working on a Leonardo DiCaprio film about environmental damage has changed his approach to communicating climate change challenges through multimedia.

Constructing Realities: last chance to see Bartlett work on show

Rachel Lister — 2010-09-28T14:43:18Z

This week marks the last chance to see Constructing Realities, an exhibition featuring the work of postgraduate students from the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, running until Friday 1 October at Phase 2 on Fitzroy Street.