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Opinion: Healthy screen time for children is possible, if you follow these few simple tips
Opinion: Healthy screen time for children is possible, if you follow these few simple tips

Opinion: Healthy screen time for children is possible, if you follow these few simple tips

Writing in The Guardian, Dr Kaitlyn Regehr (UCL Information Studies) shared her tips for parents to encourage healthy screen time for children this summer.

05 Aug 2025

Comment: My new history of romanticism shows how enslavement shaped European culture
Comment: My new history of romanticism shows how enslavement shaped European culture

Comment: My new history of romanticism shows how enslavement shaped European culture

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Mathelinda Nabugodi (UCL School of European Languages, Culture, and Society) explores how enslavement shaped European culture in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

28 Jul 2025

UCL professors honoured as new British Academy Fellows
UCL professors honoured as new British Academy Fellows

UCL professors honoured as new British Academy Fellows

Three UCL professors have been made Fellows of the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences, in recognition of their outstanding research.

24 Jul 2025

News from the faculty and departments

Professor Wendy Sims-Schouten elected as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Professor Wendy Sims-Schouten elected as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

Professor Wendy Sims-Schouten elected as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

Professor Wendy Sims-Schouten, Head of UCL Arts & Sciences, is among the latest cohort of scientists awarded high-profile fellowships in recognition of their work in the field of social sciences.

18 Sep 2025

Guardian University Guide 2026 places UCL Slade School of Fine Art at #1
Guardian University Guide 2026 places UCL Slade School of Fine Art at #1

Guardian University Guide 2026 places UCL Slade School of Fine Art at #1

We’re delighted that, alongside the Slade's top position in the UK for Fine Art, UCL Arts & Humanities departments continue to rank in the top ten of the Guardian’s 2026 subject tables.

17 Sep 2025

New book published: A Short History of the Gaza Strip by Anne Irfan
New book published: A Short History of the Gaza Strip by Anne Irfan

New book published: A Short History of the Gaza Strip by Anne Irfan

Congratulations to Dr Anne Irfan, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at UCL Arts and Sciences, on the publication of her new book.

16 Sep 2025

Media coverage about UCL Arts & Humanities

There are 175,000 Freemasons in Britain. How much power do they really hold?
There are 175,000 Freemasons in Britain. How much power do they really hold?

There are 175,000 Freemasons in Britain. How much power do they really hold?

“It’s an endless cycle of suspicion, which creates an allure around Freemasonry, attracts members and creates a barrier between them and us,” said Professor John Dickie (UCL School of European Languages, Culture & Society) on the appeal of Freemasonry.

08 Oct 2025

Chatsworth art exhibition warnings trigger row at estate
Chatsworth art exhibition warnings trigger row at estate

Chatsworth art exhibition warnings trigger row at estate

Dr Robin John Hughes Simon (UCL English Language & Literature) comments on warnings placed at a new art exhibition at Chatsworth House and questions their purpose.

06 Oct 2025

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels
Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

“Some students are not used to sitting and reading a book for five or six hours. When we’re doing course planning, we’re thinking about that a bit more,” said Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) on some students' reluctance to read long books.

06 Oct 2025