Fifteen eminent personalities joined the ranks of UCL Fellows and Honorary Fellows at an inauguration ceremony on 17 June 2009. UCL Fellowships (for former students) and Honorary Fellowships (for those who are not UCL alumni) are awarded to people who have attained distinction in the arts,...

Fifteen eminent personalities joined the ranks of UCL Fellows and Honorary Fellows at an inauguration ceremony on 17 June 2009. UCL Fellowships (for former students) and Honorary Fellowships (for those who are not UCL alumni) are awarded to people who have attained distinction in the arts,...

Over 35,000 people attended the 2009 Times Cheltenham Science Festival, making it one of biggest science festivals in the world. As part of UCL’s commitment to public engagement, every year the University sends a variety of scientists from astrobiologists to chemists and neuroscientists. This...

Over 35,000 people attended the 2009 Times Cheltenham Science Festival, making it one of biggest science festivals in the world. As part of UCL’s commitment to public engagement, every year the University sends a variety of scientists from astrobiologists to chemists and neuroscientists. This...

The UCL Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine held its Launch Event on Friday 24 April, 2009.

A team from UCL Earth Sciences is taking part in a project that involves drilling into an active volcano in southern Italy. Scientists will deploy sensors in a 4km-deep borehole and analyse recovered rock as they try to determine what risk the volcano poses to people living nearby and whether it...

Professor Evans received the Nobel Prize for a series of groundbreaking discoveries concerning embryonic stem cells and DNA recombination in mammals. He gave the 2009 Clinical Prize Lecture on the subject of ‘Stem Cells: Past, Present & Future’. The lecture was introduced by Professor...

Speaking a number of different languages gives you the intercultural skills you need in today’s global world. Studying an alternative language, like Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian or Swedish, at UCL means you can learn a new language from scratch and get an insight into a culture not many...

Humans have marvelled at the night sky for thousands of years. Early astrological beliefs state that our destiny is controlled by the stars in some magical way. Humankind seems to need to establish a link with the stars, which appear to be eternal – as we humans would like to be. However, as I...

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Whilst international corporations are taken to court for complicity in human rights abuses and the trade in child labour and sweatshops is still a scourge throughout the world, this event asks whether the international approach to corporate social responsibility of the last ten years has...

Young people have traditionally been seen as healthy and low users of health services. In the modern era, the pressures of economic development and social change have particularly had an impact on young people, increasing mortality and ill health at a time when younger child mortality has...

The inaugural UCL Enterprise Awards, held at the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre on 1st May 2008, attracted leading figures from the university and business, as students and staff were recognised for their achievements in entrepreneurialism and innovation.

We have seen a progressive erosion of the enlightenment values which form the very basis of science. The fashion for delusional thinking is already widespread among the general public and politicians. It has penetrated even into universities as power inexorably moves from academics to managers....

In her lecture, the second in the series Global Perspectives on the Current Crisis organised by the Centre for Transnational History at UCL, Prof Stewart compares the current crisis with that of the 1980s, as well as setting up a comparison across countries. She argues among others that the...

IIHS will create India’s first independent National Innovation University focussed on the challenges and opportunities of its urbanisation. Its academic programmes are aimed at building a new profession of urban practitioners, around a set of two dozen disciplines and practice areas central to...

Michael Walls discusses his role as part of a team co-ordinating election observers for the fortcoming presidential elections in the internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland.

Humans have marvelled at the night sky for thousands of years. Early astrological beliefs state that our destiny is controlled by the stars in some magical way. Humankind seems to need to establish a link with the stars, which appear to be eternal – as we humans would like to be. However, as I...

There are many myths surrounding British Sign Language (BSL) – the third most widely used indigenous language in the UK. In this lecture, Professor Woll will try to dispel some of them by introducing BSL, explaining how it works and exploring the community it has created.

Larry Brilliant is the Vice-President, Google, Inc. and Chief Philanthropy Evangelist. As Chief Philanthropy Evangelist, Dr. Larry Brilliant is responsible for representing Google to foundations, nonprofits, universities, and government agencies advocating for the partnerships and initiatives...

Richard Sennett's lecture explores long-standing and problematic developments in the labour markets of the Anglo-American world that have been exacerbated in the recent dramatic economic downturn. He pays particular attention to a lack of investment in large parts workforce, a phenomenon that...

There are many myths surrounding British Sign Language (BSL) – the third most widely used indigenous language in the UK. In this lecture, Professor Woll will try to dispel some of them by introducing BSL, explaining how it works and exploring the community it has created.

A conference on Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health 6-7 November 2008, London.

Mihir Shah is currently a Member of the Indian Planning Commission in charge of the Rural Development and water resources and the states of the Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and the Maharashtra. He is also a member of the Samaj Pragati Sahayog, one of India’s largest grass-roots initiatives for...

Mihir Shah is currently a Member of the Indian Planning Commission in charge of the Rural Development and water resources and the states of the Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and the Maharashtra. He is also a member of the Samaj Pragati Sahayog, one of India’s largest grass-roots initiatives for...

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams argued that negative concerns about the impact of migration on British identity ‘betrays a lack of proper confidence in the capacity and the commitment of our society both to learn and to teach.’ His comments came in a lecture, ‘Enriching the...

Whilst international corporations are taken to court for complicity in human rights abuses and the trade in child labour and sweatshops is still a scourge throughout the world, this event asks whether the international approach to corporate social responsibility of the last ten years has...

This film ¬– a first cut of a one-hour documentary ¬– describes how unsubstantiated constructions of Rwanda's pre-colonial past contributed to ethnic conflict in 20th-century Rwanda culminating in the 1994 genocide, and how new research can re-investigate the pre-colonial past using tangible...

Launch event for Bridging the Gaps: Sustainable Urban Spaces. UCL's Provost and President, Malcolm Grant was joined by David Price (Vice Provost for Research), Sarah Bell (PI for the Bridging the Gaps programme) and Jonathon Porritt (Founder Director of Forum for the Future) to launch Bridging...

Launch event for Bridging the Gaps: Sustainable Urban Spaces. UCL's Provost and President, Malcolm Grant was joined by David Price (Vice Provost for Research), Sarah Bell (PI for the Bridging the Gaps programme) and Jonathon Porritt (Founder Director of Forum for the Future) to launch Bridging...

This was my inaugural lecture on 9th March 2009. It was a selective look at some of the biomedical research done at UCL (and occasionally elsewhere by people who became important at UCL) since 1894 up until 2009. It includes the discovery of adrenaline by Oliver and Schafer; the impact of the...

This was my inaugural lecture on 9th March 2009. It was a selective look at some of the biomedical research done at UCL (and occasionally elsewhere by people who became important at UCL) since 1894 up until 2009. It includes the discovery of adrenaline by Oliver and Schafer; the impact of the...

In April 2009 an earthquake struck central Italy, leading to the collapse of over 15,000 buildings. The disaster left 299 people dead, 1,500 injured and about 34,000 living in emergency shelters. UCL's Dr Tiziana Rossetto led a team of earthquake experts to the devastated region to investigate...

In April 2009 an earthquake struck central Italy, leading to the collapse of over 15,000 buildings. The disaster left 299 people dead, 1,500 injured and about 34,000 living in emergency shelters. UCL's Dr Tiziana Rossetto led a team of earthquake experts to the devastated region to investigate...

The 4th Memorial A. R. Jonckheere lecture at University College London, May 2009

The 4th Memorial A. R. Jonckheere lecture at University College London, May 2009

Description: Inaugural lecture by Hasok Chang, Professor of Philosophy of Science, on 13 May 2009

Description: Inaugural lecture by Hasok Chang, Professor of Philosophy of Science, on 13 May 2009

The inauguration of the UCL Urban Laboratory. The UCL Urban Laboratory, established in 2005, is a university wide initiative to bring together the best urban teaching and research at UCL. Their activities build on the full spectrum of work at UCL across the arts and sciences ranging from civil...