FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL SCIENCES

Institute alumna Gretel Evans is now working in Antarctica with the Antarctic Heritage Trust, conserving material left by the early historic Antarctic explorers.

The Institute for Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies (IAMS), which initiates and promotes research on mining and metallurgy and its culture-historical significance, has recently relaunched itself with a new website.

Institute students from the Conservation Management course recently undertook a research visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew.

Held on 14th March 2012, this was an opportunity for prospective students to visit the School to learn more about our programmes, meet staff and students and explore UCL.

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Dr Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

The School of Public Policy held a careers evening for current students. The event was chaired by Dr Lisa Vanhala and UCL Careers Advisor, Patrice Ware.

In the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Institute Masters students are collaborating with the Geffrye Museum investigating shared and private spaces within London’s international student homes.

Don Levett, author of How to Find a Graduate Job, spoke to the School of Public Policy MSc students on February 29, on “What Next? Penetrating Policy or Taking a Tangent: How to Tailor Your Job Hunt Accordingly.”

Collaborative palaeo-climatic research, involving the Institute's Dorian Fuller, is shedding light on the possible fate of India's earliest civilisations.

Ruth Mace, Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology in UCL Anthropology, took part in a panel discussion at The Royal Society on ‘What it means to be human’.