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UCL Research Institute for Collections

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Our Purpose

Vision, mission and goals of the Institute.

A montage of images of a selection of items from UCL's Special Collections
 

Vision

Inspiring a more equitable future through collections-based research.

Mission

To transform how the world is understood and knowledge is created through diverse collaborations that bringradicalthinking to collections-based research.

Goals

  • To deliver world leading collections research across UCL through outstanding services, resources and spaces.
  • To maximise research quality and impact by building communities of practice, funding opportunities and collections expertise.
  • To open up the collections to non-traditional and practice-based areas of research by developing innovative projects and partnerships.
  • To encourage radical and critical thinking that challenges existing structuralhierarchies to develop alternative narratives of our collections.