From the Director: A year in two states
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From the Director: A year in two states

Professor John Morton reviews the year and details the contents of the 2019/20 annual report.

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Research Highlights

Review the research highlights and news across UCLQ in 2019 and 2020.                                                                                                     

Starting-up and Spinning-out
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Starting-up and Spinning-out

Explore how UCL supports innovation from lab to boardroom.                                                                                                                                         

Dreaming Big
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Dreaming Big

As UCLQ enters its seventh year, we take an opportunity to look back at some major events in our history and peer into what the future might hold.

Test, Test, and Test
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Test, Test, and Test

As coronavirus spreads around the world, UCLQ researchers have mobilised.                                                                                                              

Battle Ready
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Battle Ready

Why a different conference format is needed for an online world.                                                                                                                                                     

Ready, steady, code!
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Ready, steady, code!

UCLQ PhD students Nedeen Al Sharif and Daniel O’Connor lead-up the UCLQ Hackathon team.                                                               

Summer Learnin'
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Summer Learnin'

In September 2019 and September 2020, UCLQ opened its doors for a week to an international cohort of summer school students.                                                   

In the media
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In the media

This year has seen stories about quantum computing capture the mainstream after Google’s announcement on quantum ‘supremacy’.

Industry Day: Quantum in the future
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Industry Day: Quantum in the future

In September 2019, UCLQ and guests gathered in the Barbican Centre to discuss how quantum technologies will shape the world 10 years from now.

Training: Sector-led
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Training: Sector-led

Since 2014, UCL has been the home of one of three EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technologies.

Working Life: Back to school
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Working Life: Back to school

Dr Alissa Silva joins UCLQ from NPL, as a teaching fellow for the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Delivering Quantum Technologies.

Alumni Matters: Flying the nest
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Alumni Matters: Flying the nest

Catching-up with alumni of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Delivering Quantum Technologies.         

Insight: Confidence in quantum
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Insight: Confidence in quantum

NPL’s Dr Rhys Lewis talks about the UK government’s ambition is to be the world’s first quantum-ready economy.

Outreach: Sightseeing
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Outreach: Sightseeing

Dr Sofia Qvarfort shares the stories of visually impaired people at university in her podcast, VIP@Uni.