In Practice III: Student Showcase

This showcase of student work connects two postgraduate programmes – Public History MA and Global Urbanism MASc. The students use the exhibition space to realise their research, reflecting on today’s social challenges relating to colonial legacies, urban change and belonging. 

These works show a range of knowledge registers and methodologies reflected in the teaching programmes located in the UCL East campus. A unique component of this show is the way students engage with the context of the area through site-based learning and collaborations with local organisations and communities. 

Audiences should expect to engage with creative outputs such as zines, interpretative installations, photography and film.

Plan your visit 

The exhibition opening is on Thursday 28 August, 17:30 – 20:00. The exhibition will run from Friday 29 August until Friday 31 October 2025. To attend the opening please use the book now link above to book via Eventbrite.

To visit the exhibition, visit Monday – Saturday, 10:00–18:00. No need to book. 

About the Public History MA 

The MA in Public History combines cutting-edge, research-led knowledge of the way history is produced and engaged with in public contexts, with training in the practices through which public historical understanding is created and communicated. Students benefit from UCL’s rich experience working with national heritage institutions, museums, and media outlets, as well as local communities in London, and from the university’s own role as a public history provider (through its three on-campus museums and special collections). They work with internationally recognised practitioner-researchers in the fields of oral history, documentary film and radio, exhibition curation, digital history, historical dramatisation and heritage-making. 

About the Global Urbanism MASc 

The Bartlett’s Global Urbanism MASc is the first urban Master’s degree to cut radically across arts, humanities, social sciences and technology studies, giving you the opportunity to specialise in urbanism as a challenge-driven and practice-oriented transdisciplinary field. Drawing from the distinctive breadth of UCL’s urban expertise, the programme equips students with state-of-the-art knowledge of urbanism – a term that embraces the social and cultural life of cities, and the numerous approaches and practices which set out to understand and shape urban futures. 

About the UCL Urban Room

Located at One Pool Street, the public-facing UCL Urban Room hosts events, exhibitions, workshops and engagement with local stakeholders, professional audiences, and the wider public. Exploring the impact of industry, globalisation, regeneration and gentrification on the six Olympic Park boroughs and their people, UCL Urban Room is a partnership between UCL Urban Laboratory, The Bartlett, School for the Creative and Cultural Industries and UCL Library Services: Special Collections

more information email urbanroom@ucl.ac.uk