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London: Shaping the city that shapes us

UCL has shaped and been shaped by London for nearly 200 years. When UCL and its wider community work together, we can move quickly and effectively to tackle injustice and inequality on our own doorstep. From funding legal advice for local communities to raising £121 million for new buildings and equipment to opening up the UCL experience to more and more students, It's All Academic is creating opportunities for the capital and its people.

The Centre for Access to Justice (CAJ) epitomises UCL's commitment to serving local London communities with an innovative model to address access to legal support. As the only university in the UK to hold a government legal aid contract, CAJ works on the front line of this challenge, combining legal education and research, providing pro bono advice to vulnerable London communities and fostering the next generation of legal experts, ready to meet the demands of a 21st-century justice system.

And the support of Campaign donors enabled the creation of UCL’s new Student Centre, designed from the ground up with student needs and the student experience at its heart. Providing 1,000 new study spaces for students, the new Centre is a focal point for study, events and student life - an essential space to think, explore, collaborate, discover and challenge.

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“UCL’s place in London is vast: it is an employer, land-owner, preparer for workforce, research institute and much more. It’s All Academic supports innovation, development opportunities and ground-breaking research to take place at UCL whilst benefitting the whole of London, as well as nationally and globally. From a London perspective, our key priority areas include those such as sustainability, mental health and homelessness. We are developing long-term relationships with Local Authorities across the city and these partnerships with local boroughs are key to UCL demonstrating its impact in London, as demonstrated in our forthcoming MoU with Camden Council. We will work with our alumni, supporters, partners and communities to amplify our work in London. The campaign will support the creation of UCL East, developing and strengthening our links from Bloomsbury to Newham, creating positive impact across the capital as well as bridging connections, benefiting our local people, communities and partners.”

 - Professor Alan Thompson, Dean of Brain Sciences and Pro-Vice-Provost (London)

“From the outset we wanted this building [the Student Centre] to show our commitment in four areas: to our students and their learning; to great design and construction; to sustainability and the environment; and to the public who can now find a way into UCL and be part of the extraordinary research and teaching that we do. A great team has delivered on all four and I am very proud of what they have achieved. I hope it will inspire generations of students long into the future.” - Professor Anthony Smith, UCL Vice-Provost (Education & Student Affairs)