Communities of Practice win National Award
28 May 2019
UCL’s Communities of Practice have won a national award for the best organisational development and culture change initiative at the 2019 UHR (Universities Human Resources) Awards for Excellence in HR.

(Pictured left to right) Daniela Bultoc, Head of Communities of Practice (CoP) and three CoP leaders Jodie Trumper (HR), Rebecca Allen (Data and Insight) and Wes Durdle (Internal Communications) attended the event where they picked up the award for best organisational development and cultural change initiative.
We would like to recognise all the staff who are part of a Community of Practice for their great work and commitment to this exciting, new way of working for UCL, as well as Alice Chilver who played an instrumental role in the initiation of the project and Sophie Johnsson, Project Coordinator.
Speaking on behalf of UHR, Helen Scott said: “UCL were able to give the judges so much tangible information about the outputs of the project."
“They’ve moved away from silos, empowered people to solve problems and make change using collective knowledge to create better practice. The initiative has had a huge impact on the organisation and its approach to development and culture change, involving so many individuals and solving knotty problems.”
Cultural change and collaboration
UCL currently has over 1,000 CoP members and over 40 CoP-led projects across the institution. There are 12 CoPs across six professional service areas and the goal is to set up CoPs across all major service areas at UCL.
Daniela Bultoc, Head of Communities of Practice at UCL, said: “Introducing Communities of Practice has made a real impact at UCL. The Communities have proved to be an empowering, grass-roots model which have led to positive cultural change, encouraging collaboration across professional services and academic areas by bringing together colleagues who work in similar practice areas."
“The UCL Communities of Practice provide staff with opportunities to learn from each other, share knowledge and expertise, have a collective view of excellence and improve their practice. We would like to recognise all the staff who are part of a Community of Practice for their great work and commitment to this exciting, new way of working for UCL.”