UCL 'pushes the button' on new campus

Hundreds of people gathered to mark this historic moment in UCL's near 200-year history, in a series of events that included an open house afternoon where the public toured the campus's new Marshgate building on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Guests were invited to take part in a variety of activities linked to the university's wide-ranging research and teaching.

Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz OBE, local MP Stephen Timms, Chair of London Legacy Development Corporation Board Lord Peter Hendy and London Assembly Member Unmesh Desai joined Professor Paola Lettieri FREng, Pro-Provost UCL East, UCL President and Provost Dr Michael Spence and Chair of UCL Council Victor Chu CBE for the official moment, which took place in the vast atrium of Marshgate which, along with One Pool Street, will welcome students across an exciting array of degre programmes next week.

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• (L to R) UCL student Peter Kanyike, Christine Ohuruogu MBE, UCL student Dr Dania Posso, Professor Paola Lettieri FREng, Pro-Provost UCL East, Victor Chu CBE, Chair of UCL Council, Justine Simons OBE, Deputy Mayor of London for Culture and Creative Industries, Rokhsana Fiaz OBE, Mayor of Newham, Dr Michael Spence, UCL President and Provost

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