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10 years |150 artists respond to 500 years of art in UCL's collections. Exploring the contemporary relevance of the art collections at UCL and the key narratives they impart has been at the core of UCL Art Museum's activity over the past decade. ​The fact that works in the Museum’s Collections were either explicitly collected for the purpose of instruction or were the product of a process of learning and experimentation by artists early on in their career, makes the Collections particularly suited for this undertaking. In their efforts to create something new and original, artists at any given time were considering the significance and relevance of the work by those who preceded them. UCL Art Museum is home to a core collection of work by emerging artists spanning 150 years. Since its foundational years in the late 19th century, the Slade School of Fine Art collected the prize-winning works that are now in trust with UCL Art Museum. With new works added to its collections annually through the prize-system a unique and dynamic collection of emerging artists was formed, a long time before this became common currency in the art world. These prize-winning works sit alongside historic collections, international in scope and spanning 500 years, that were donated by philanthropists who believed in the educational use of their art collections. This history and context makes UCL Art Museum's collections the perfect setting for the emergence of new ideas.Only a small percentage of UCL Art Collections are actually on display in the museum. As a result, that which is visible is in constant dialogue with the hidden and vice versa, bringing to the fore the tensions between access to art and the regulation of its visibility, a theme often explored in the museum's collaborations.In 2019 UCL Culture launched UCL Public Art with new commissions by Rachel Whiteread and Thompson & Craighead for UCL's Student Centre. UCL Public Art continues a tradition that began in 1851 with the UCL Flaxman Gallery and the first public art commission in 1865 Marmor Homericum from one of the most sought after contemporary artists of the time Henri Triqueti.  Together with UCL Peformance Lab, launched with the reopening of UCL's newly refurbished Bloomsbury Theatre, UCL Culture cements the role of artists at the interesection of research and audiences, amplifies the legacy of a decade of artist and curatorial collaborations and UCL's founding principles.Two activity strands underpin investigations of contemporary relevance of the collections: The annual UCL Art Museum/Slade Collaboration, Artist Commissions, Residencies & Curatorial Collaborations. The two strands frequently intertwine.The annual UCL Art Museum / Slade CollaborationThe annual UCL Art Museum/Slade Collaboration began in 2008 with an online exhibition, progressed to a weekend-pop-up, an annual exhibition and finally to funded artists residencies. All the projects began with an invitation to the Slade artists to make new work in response to the Collections. Throughout this past decade 150 artists have produced outstanding new work which is the outcome of their indpendent research. Some artists were at the begining of their educational journey, others more advanced. For some this opportunity was the first encounter with collections-based research. Many of the participating artists have since gone on to win major national and international awards and for many engagement with collections and interdisciplinary research continues to shape and inform a multi-faceted practice. This pioneering initiative went on to influence how the museum works with artists to interrogate its collections. UCL Culture at large embraced collaboration with artists as part of its core activity. This model has also encouraged other disciplines to engage with the Collections and has contributed to the institutional turn to interdidisciplinary research and integrated research and education. As such, this annual collaboration has prepared numerous emerging artists to embrace collaboration, develop their work beyond the studio, hone their public engagement skills and gain valuable experiences that serves them well on their chosen professional path. For each exhibition, the artists worked with the Museum team on all aspects of the exhibitions. A signficant component was also the development of the public programme, by creating events in which the artists engaged researchers from other disicplines and a wide range of audiences.This programme was led by artists Jon Thompson and Kate Bright from the Slade and Andrea Frederiscken and Nina Pearlman from UCL Art Museum.Further information about this collaboration is available in RE-LAUNCH, the catalogue accompanying the 2015 exhibition that includes a conversation about the collaboration between Dr Andrea Fredericksen, Curator UCL Art Collections, with Professor Susan Collins, former Director of the Slade. A video capturing the experience of participating artists in the 4th Annual Collaboration Vincula is available here.Exhibition list:Sequel (2009), Transfer (2010), Moreover (2011), Vincula (2012), Duet (2013), Second person looking out (2014), RE-LAUNCH (2015), Vault (2016), The composition has been reversed (2017), REDRESS (2018)Residencies and commissionsSince 2008 UCL Art Museum has initiated collaborative projects with contemporary artists and other partners through commissions, residencies and curatorial collaboration, linking current research at UCL across the disciplines with the collections and a wide range of audiences. Collaboration outputs range from performances, installations, exhibitions, talks and screenings. Projects include:Naomi Salaman, Looking back at the life room (2010), Nelly Dimitranova Flaxman Gallery (2012), Nadine Mahoney, ANON (2012), Marcia Farquhar, Flaxman Exchange (2013), Edward Allington & Jo Volley, Plasterd (2013), Kristina Clackson Bonnington, Girl at the Door (2015), Edward Allington, Neil Jefferies & Gary Woodley,  Roderick Tye: The Human Presence (2015), Helena Hunter & Mark Peter Wright, Cabinets of Curiosity (2016), Eloise Lawson, Ruins in a Landscape (2016), David Blackmore (2016, 2017) Liz Rideal Splicing Time (2017), Lisa Gornick, Lisa Gornick Regrets (2017), Tai Shani,  Spirit of Slade Ladies Past (2018), Robert Mead (2019)    

Following receipt of the largest number of applications ever received, UCL Engagement is funding 11 projects from across UCL that will engage with public groups as part of research and teaching. The projects represent different methods of engagement; from using art-based practices to co-create knowledge, to participatory workshops and place-based intervention. In all cases these projects are bringing people together to exchange knowledge, skills and perspectives.The successful projects are working with communities across London, the UK and beyond, many of whom are not often heard in academia. Over the 2022-2023 academic year, UCL Engagement will support these projects, ensuring that learning is captured along with beneficial impacts on both research and teaching within UCL and on the people and communities we engage with.This year saw many postgraduate students both applying for and being awarded a Beacon Bursary. This enthusiasm from those starting out on their research careers helps make a reality of UCL Engagement's ambitions to enable brighter ideas through deeper connections.[[{"fid":"16216","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"2022/23 Group of funded Beacon Bursaries with UCL Engagement Staff","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"2022/23 Group of funded Beacon Bursaries with UCL Engagement Staff","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"480","width":"640","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]Below are our projects. For additional information, please contact UCL Engagement on:  publicengagement@ucl.ac.ukLondon Ladino: Co-creating Judeo-Spanish voices with local Sephardic JewsDr Carlos Yebra Lopez, Department of Hebrew and Jewish StudiesCo-Applicants: Tamara Gleason Freidberg, Alejandro Acero Ayuda The main aim of this project is to reconnect Sephardic Jews living in London with Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), i.e., the language of their ancestors, which is currently classified by UNESCO as severely endangered. Sephardim in London will have the chance to acquire the fundamentals about the language of their ancestors (Ladino), thus granting them access to a fundamental part of their ethnic background, culture, and religion, plus the possibility to communicate with many other Sephardim around the world. Additionally, the UCL Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies will have the chance to expand its research and teaching portfolio on Sephardic Jews and Ladino. Offensive BSL (British Sign Language) Signs in the UK Deaf CommunityIndie Beedie, Division of Psychology and Language SciencesCo-Applicant: Sannah Gulamani    This project aims to address the use of offensive signs in BSL and provide an opportunity for Deaf BSL signers who are Black, Asian and other ethnic minorities to discuss their views and feelings about what BSL signs are offensive. Offensive BSL signs are signs that perpetuate racist, ableist and other oppressive ideologies which cause emotional and social harm. We hope to improve engagement with these groups who have been routinely oppressed in white-dominated public discourse about BSL as well as improve the impact of our BSL research for these groups, particularly when asked to research or comment on topics related BSL preservation, which the community have tied up with debate on offensive signs, sign language variation, and language attitudes. Finally, we aim to comment with more knowledge and gain further understanding of the issue. Ethnic Health Inequities and Data Justice – A Conversation with Young People     Joseph Lam, Department of Population, Policy and Practice, UCL GOS Institute of Child HealthCo-Applicants: Amy Spiller, Professor Katie HarronWe aim to explore how ethnicity is understood, experienced, asked and recorded for young people from refugees and migrant backgrounds, and how ethnic identity belongingness may change over time and across settings. Through this project, we hope to empower Young Leaders with knowledge of ethnic health inequalities as an outcome of the exclusion of minoritised ethnic communities in health research and promote awareness of what they can do about health data hesitancy. Lastly, as part of this project, we will inform researchers about young people's views on the use of ethnicity category clusters and the meaning of such categories to young people from minoritized ethnic communities in their analytical practices. Shaping future research for Better Conversations with Parkinson’s    Philippa Clay, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences    Co-Applicant: Professor Steven BlochBetter Conversations with Parkinson’s (BCP) is a speech and language therapy intervention, co-produced at UCL, that aims to improve the success and enjoyment of everyday conversations for people living with Parkinson’s. We aim to identify clear priorities for future research into BCP from the perspective of key stakeholders. We will engage in particular with people with communication difficulties resulting from Parkinson’s – voices seldom heard in research. The BCP intervention is currently undergoing a feasibility study. Through public engagement we will ensure future BCP research addresses the key priorities of those providing and receiving this novel therapy approach.  Maths Attitudes, Truths and Happy/Horror Stories (MATHS)Donna-Lynn Shepherd, IOE - Psychology and Human DevelopmentCo-Applicants: Dr Jo Van Herwegen, Dr Laura Outhwaite, Dr Liz HerbertThis project aims to raise awareness, recognition and understanding of dyscalculia, mathematical learning difficulties and maths anxiety with the general public and create a better understanding of the of lived experiences of dyscalculia and mathematical learning difficulties in the wider public through the co-creation of novel materials for our ADD UPP awareness campaign. Paths to Public History    Dr Anna Maguire, Department of HistoryCo-Applicant: Vicky PriceThis project asks what a community access course or module for public historians living and working around UCL East would look like. With the establishment of a new MA in Public History and the Urban Room and Memory Workshop at UCL East, and building on the work of The New Curators Project at UCL Special Collections, we will undertake community-engaged research to think about how we at UCL East can support the ongoing public history work of our surrounding communities and develop our curriculums in response. Social prescribing for female asylum seekers in Camden     Dr Joanna Dobbin, Primary Care & Population HealthCo-Applicants: Dr Fiona Hamilton, Dr Eleanor Turner Moss, Medact Migrant Solidarity Group, Hopscotch Women’s CentreThe aim of the project is to explore the barriers, utilisation and need for social prescribing for female asylum seekers living in contingency accommodation in Camden through an interdisciplinary workshop. This workshop aims to connect women living in contingency accommodation, community groups, primary care health care professionals, and the social prescribing hub. Through an interactive, exploratory workshop (with an optional group walk), we aim to explore what local community activities that could impact health are available, the role of social medicine, and what community health means to those attending. The work will act as a springboard for future work on social prescribing for marginalised groups at UCL Primary Care & Population Health, and for community integration and health for those seeking asylum. Youth Conference – Amplified VoicesDr Toyin Agbetu, Department of AnthropologyCo-Applicant: Hackney AccountMany young people in East London, especially those of African heritage, experience unjust, racialised profiling. This results in the excessive use of force and repeated stop and searches by Metropolitan police officers. Hackney Account is a youth-led group that has been challenging this abuse of police powers. This project, resulting in a youth conference between community stakeholders, students and staff based at UCL’s Department of Anthropology is designed to facilitate their working together to identify solutions. They will explore how to give those victimised by such police practices, the support and confidence to record, document, analyse and share their traumatic experiences with rigour, outside any existing police complaint mechanisms.  Special Podcast Series with Teenagers & Young Adults, Radiation Researchers & Therapeutic Radiographers    Dr Jamie Dean, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringCo-Applicants: Dr Catarina Veiga, Dr Lisa WhittakerTeenagers and young adults (TYAs) diagnosed with cancer often find themselves too old for children’s services but among the youngest in adult services. This project builds on another public engagement project, Radiation Reveal, which highlighted less is known about radiotherapy compared to other cancer treatments, and that TYAs highly value but often lack peer support. We will bring together TYAs and radiation researchers funded by CRUK RadNet City of London to co-produce a special series of the podcast RadChat. We aim to increase awareness of radiotherapy, TYAs experiences of cancer, impactful PPIE and promote UCL’s cancer research to new audiences outside of the academic domain.Nafasi Kati: A care-centred approach to co-creating narratives with bereaved families of recently-deceased children Callie Daniels-Howell, Institute for Global Health This project supports the work of my doctoral research in Kenya, co-producing family narratives of the space between life and death for nine children who died from cancer within the last six months. The aim of this public engagement project is to understand how best to co-construct knowledge with recently bereaved families in a mutually-beneficial, anti-extractive manner that prioritises care for families and affirms their power as owners of the narrative of this highly sensitive and intimate life experience. This will be explored through three workshops with the family members of these nine children where professional grief support will be provided. Families will conduct open-ended, small-group narrative constructions with one another, and group discussions will be held to learn from families what impact they would like their child’s life to have, who should hear their story, and how they can work together to leverage the space of this research to contribute that change.  Breaking down stigmatization of mental health and breaking barriers to recruiting ethnic minorities individuals into mental health research    Dr Harpreet Kaur Sihre, Institute of Epidemiology & HealthCo-Applicant: William LammonsEthnic minority groups are at higher risk for developing mental disorders but demonstrate lower uptake in mental health research in the UK. There is a need to collaborate with ethnic minority groups to devise innovative and culturally sensitive mental health research recruitment strategies. The aims of this project are to: 1) improve ethnic minority groups' impressions and conceptions of mental health research 2) increase participation of minority groups in UCL's mental health research. We will organise a "community cafe" with members of the public in aim to produce a framework to improve minority groups' participation in mental health research.Further Information on UCL Engagement: UCL Engagement takes a collaborative approach to enabling brighter ideas through deeper connections. We focus on equipping UCL to listen and respond to community need, locally and globally. We spark ideas of how drawing on community-based experience and assets can lead to collaborative success in solving challenges and creating positive change together. We expand the conversations which inform UCL’s research and teaching, particularly to include those whose voices are heard less often or have been drowned out in the past. Importantly, we are committed to sharing what we learn about how to work with others to achieve more with government (national and local), UKRI and other funders, the Higher Education sector and beyond.UCL Engagement is based in the Office of the UCL Vice-Provost, Research, Innovation & Global Engagement (OVPRIGE) within Library, Culture, Collections & Open Science (LCCOS).The Beacon Bursary funding round is also support by UCL East’s Community Engagement programme supporting projects taking place in east London.UCL Engagement was established in 2008 as the Public Engagement Unit. Since then, UCL Engagement has awarded over £290,000 of funding to 175 projects through the Beacon Bursary scheme. This was the final Beacon Bursary round.  

Beacons for Public EngagementThe UCL Public Engagement Unit was created in 2008 as one of six in the United Kingdom to be funded by the beacons for public engagement programme set up by HEFCE, Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust.Beacons funding was intended to help the staff of UCL:To work with audiences that UCL has not traditionally talked or listened to, including socially excluded groups.To better connect UCL with London, through work with local communities and creative organisations in the local area.To find new models and opportunities for dialogue between academic and non-academic groups in all of UCL's subjects.To increase the amount and quality of public engagement work undertaken at UCL.This report captures and describes the activities that have taken place under the UCL-led Beacon as part of the BPE programme. The Public Engagement Unit (PEU) was established within UCL to support staff and students to involve members of the public in their work. Achievements from May 2008 to December 201191 public engagement projects have been funded through various grantsOne Beacon Fellowship has been completed and five public engagement mentors have been appointedA total of 237 partner groups/organisations have been linked to the programmeCreation of the Annual UCL Provost’s Awards for Public EngagementCreation of the Annual UCL Public Engagement SymposiumOver 37,560 people have attended programme and project activitiesOver 1600 UCL staff and students and 530 people outside UCL, have taken part in training and mentoring on public engagement£98,136 additional funding has been received from external agencies to support projects facilitated by the PEUAdvice and support has been provided on 47 public engagement and research funding applications to external bodies. These have been awarded funding totalling over £10 million37 Bright Club events have been delivered, and attended by approximately 3,933 people60 Bright Club podcasts have been created with an average download figure of 1,955 per episodeCreation of the Bite-Sized Lunchtime Lecture series featuring 44 speakers over three academic termsDevelopment and approval by the UCL Senior Management Team and UCL Council of a UCL Public Engagement StrategyPublic engagement is now included as a requirement in the UCL academic staff promotions criteriaThe PEU has had a long term impact in supporting institutional commitment to public engagement. It has been successful in creating an independent structure and model for public engagement, and has addressed many barriers traditionally faced by HEIs undertaking public engagement. The PEU has also driven a culture change at UCL both at a strategic and grassroots level, which has led to a longer term commitment to public engagement through the continuation of the unit. The PEU can now build upon the success that the Beacons for Public Engagement programme has allowed, and focus on a more targeted approach within the Schools and Faculties.You can find out more about the Beacons for Public Engagement Programme on the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement's websiteYou can download the final report on Beacons for Public Engagement Programme by going to our resources section.

Over millions of years creatures large and small have adapted to their environments and evolved unique specialisations. Today’s scientists and engineers are drawing inspiration from the animal kingdom in creating the next generation of robots to help us to solve some of the biggest challenges facing humankind.The project runs over a term to include:                                                  1. A twilight CPD session for teachers2. An Animal Locomotion schools’ workshop in the Grant Museum of Zoology3. A tour of our world-class university led by our students4. Loan of a bioinspired robotics kit to your school with technical support from our studentsDatesAutumn term dates to be confirmed shortly. Please email to register your interest.Key InformationFree project for state schools from the boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, and Waltham Forest.Booking open for 2019-2020 academic yearSpaces are limited and we can accomodate three schools per termKey Stage 3-5Maximum of 25 studentsAll workshops are free but there is a charge if a workshop is cancelled without 14 days’ notice Enquire here

Bloomsbury Festival is an annual five-day celebration of Bloomsbury’s pioneering creativity.Presenting an inspiring programme of arts, science, literature, performance, discussion and reflection, each October the Festival shines a light on the radical imaginations, institutions, and 11,000 residents that shape contemporary Bloomsbury. Taking place everywhere from cultural centres and major institutions like Conway Hall and University College London, to quirky indoor and outdoor spaces, the 150+ mostly free events will pop-up across the lively cultural quarter.The Festival acts as catalyst bringing together high-profile artists and the local community, developing and showcasing emerging and early career artists, and bridging usual collaborations arts and science. Each year, the Festival attracts an audience of around 20,000 people.Bloomsbury Festival at UCLAs part of Bloomsbury Festival 2017 UCL Culture presents the UCL Bloomsbury Festival Hub: The Science and Art of Living Well. Working with researchers at UCL, the UCL Hub will showcase research that explores personal independence using interactive experiences, dance, theatre, storytelling and workshops. For one day the UCL Bloomsbury campus will erupt into a street festival where visitors can explore the newest technologies that are giving us longer, healthier and more independent lives and the revolutionary ideas behind them. Visitors will meet scientists, historians and artists and experience the work of a life-saving brain surgeon, stand in Gandhi’s shoes, have a go at being someone else and discover the quantum secrets of photosynthesis.  Visitors to the UCL Hub will also be able enjoy free music stages featuring Bloomsbury Songs, local choirs of all ages, dance performances and street food and have the opportunity to relax in the Festival Vitality Suite for a refreshing massage or enjoy a ‘superfood’ smoothie in partnership with Planet Organic or try out Nourish Skin Range products.  As part of the UCL Hub visitors can also visit UCL Culture’s Grant Museum of Zoology and discover the boring beasts that changed the world in their new exhibition The Museum of Ordinary Animals, see brand new commissions from the Slade School of Fine Art as part of The Composition Has Been Reversed at the UCL Art Museum, help 'hack' technologies to improve visits to museums for people with visual impairment at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and visit the Faking It Open Day Institute of Making from 1pm. The Bloomsbury Studio also have an exciting programme of performances running Wednesday 18th to Sunday 22nd Oct. Visit their booking website for tickets.Visit bloomsburyfestival.org.uk for full details of the Bloomsbury Festival Programme or download the Bloomsbury Festival Brochure. UCL Researchers & Collaborators Department Project titleDr Eva KrumhuberExperimental Psychology Being Virtually Someone ElseDr Aneesha Singh, Britta F. Schulte & Susan LecheltInteraction Centre, Computer Science Breathe FreelyDr Jenny Bunn Archives and Records Management, Information StudiesCollecting MyselfAnne Mathiot & Dan TaylorWellcome/EPSRC Centre for Surgical and Interventional SciencesDeveloping Image-guided Neurosurgery for Epilepsy Dr Natalia Kucirkova Learning & Leadership,UCL Institute of EducationDigital community stories: create your own, share with others Ka Yui Kum, Clare Qualmann & Leighanne RodriguezUCL School of PharmacyEast End Jam ‘ Jamboree’Dr Antonia Hamilton, Jan Lee & Elisa Nader Institue of Congitive NeuroscienceEngaging and Creating Culture - A Participatory InstallationProfessor Narinder Kapur & Dr Caroline Selai Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology Gandhi and his relevance in the 21st Century Fran HarknessEpidemiology and Public HealthMastery Rituals Josh BaileyChemical Engineering PPL PWR Britta F. SchulteInteraction Centre, Computer Science Privacy on the TableStefan Siwiak-JaszekPhysics & AstronomyQuantum Secrets of PhotosynthesisDr Sumanjit Gill UCL Institute of NeurologyStroke Recovery and Rehabilitation: a Journey to Personal IndependenceSally Perry & Rebecca WilsonUCL Institute of EducationTelling Tales of Independence[[{"fid":"6271","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Bloomsbury Festival logo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Bloomsbury Festival logo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"2":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Bloomsbury Festival logo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"class":"media-element file-large"},"link_text":null}]]  

The Bloomsbury Festival is an annual celebration of the diverse communities that live and work in the Bloomsbury area.UCL hosted a hub for the festival in 2016 and 2017 and it has been a fantastic opportunity for UCL staff and students to engage with communities in the Bloomsbury area.[[{"fid":"4735","view_mode":"small","fields":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Man with book","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"small","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Man with book","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_caption[und][0][format]":"limited_html","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":"300","width":"450","class":"media-element file-small"}}]]In 2016, UCL Culture supported 14 research teams to set up stalls and activities across campus with the theme of “Language”. We discussed topics ranging from using baking to tell stories about dementia, speaking to cephalopods and the language of data. The campus was host to dance troupes, theatre companies and artists, as hundreds of attendees arrived to find out more about the work going on at UCL.UCL Culture is looking forward to again hosting a hub in 2017, working on the theme of “Independence”. For more information, sign up to the UCL Culture mailing list and keep an eye on the Bloomsbury Festival website.