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The 2017 Provost's Public Engagement Awards

22nd February 2017
UCL Engagement
Announcement of nominees

The Provost's Awards for Public Engagement recognise the fantastic work that UCL's staff and students are doing to open up research and teaching at UCL to the wider world by engaging with communities.

The nominees in the running for this year's awards reflect the breadth and diversity of public engagement activity at UCL. As London’s Global University, UCL staff and students have worked and will continue to engage with a diverse range of communities and public groups; sparking new connections and confronting diverse challenges, from producing clean fuel technology to improving the future of health research and patient engagement.

The winners will be announced and will receive their awards on 22nd February 2017 as part of the celebration of all the nominees work. 

We want to say thank you to all of our nominees for their inspiring work and look forward to celebrating with everyone involved tonight.

View the 2017 Nominees here and follow UCLCulture on twitter for live announcements as they happen #UCLprovostawards. 

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