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...

On 11th May 2009, the Research Computing Sub-Commitee hosted an event to mark the launch of service, in December 2008, on UCL's new High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster, Legion. The event attracted colleagues from across the UCL research community, who were joined by prominent members of the...

On 11th May 2009, the Research Computing Sub-Commitee hosted an event to mark the launch of service, in December 2008, on UCL's new High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster, Legion. The event attracted colleagues from across the UCL research community, who were joined by prominent members of the...

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...

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...

‘Boxing: A Cultural History’ is a new investigation of the shifting social, political and cultural resonances of the visceral sport by UCL English lecturer Kasia Boddy. Dr Boddy demonstrates that the ring has proven to be a enduring venue for staging ideas about class, violence, gender, work,...

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...

Charles Maier's lecture offers an explanation for the financial crisis that differs from most media accounts. While generating passionate disagreement, public debate has tended to attribute the current economic difficulties to discrete developments including the role played by improvident...

Charles Maier's lecture offers an explanation for the financial crisis that differs from most media accounts. While generating passionate disagreement, public debate has tended to attribute the current economic difficulties to discrete developments including the role played by improvident...

UCL is a centre of research excellence that brings together academics at the forefront of your research area, exceptional facilities, a passion for pioneering cross-disciplinary research and world-class professional development training. Discover the perfect research opportunity for you at...

UCL is a centre of research excellence that brings together academics at the forefront of your research area, exceptional facilities, a passion for pioneering cross-disciplinary research and world-class professional development training. Discover the perfect research opportunity for you at...

UCL is a centre of research excellence that brings together academics at the forefront of your research area, exceptional facilities, a passion for pioneering cross-disciplinary research and world-class professional development training. Discover the perfect research opportunity for you at...

Read-Right is a therapy and research application accessed over the internet. It has been developed by UCL Institute of Neurology and UCL Multimedia. The project is funded by The Stroke Association. The aims of the project are twofold: 1) to provide a web-based therapy for patients with hemianopic...

Professor Peter Mobbs on teaching and learning in a research-intensive university, and how UCL on iTunes U will further the student experience.

Professor Peter Mobbs on teaching and learning in a research-intensive university, and how UCL on iTunes U will further the student experience.

UCL Staff from a range of disciplines present innovative ways of giving feedback to students and ensuring that assessment contributes to learning. A panel of specialists lead discussions on assessment to share good practice and exchange ideas.

UCL Staff from a range of disciplines present innovative ways of giving feedback to students and ensuring that assessment contributes to learning. A panel of specialists lead discussions on assessment to share good practice and exchange ideas.

Professor Jo Wolff discusses UCL Research Challenges, a unique research initiative open to all UCL staff, students and alumni.

All doctors have to assume leadership roles but this podcast series features those who are embracing high levels or responsibility. They originate from many specialities and areas of the profession.

UCL Vice-Provost (Research) Professor David Price discusses UCL's Research Strategy and how London's global university is tackling the world's Grand Challenges.

UCL Vice-Provost (Research) Professor David Price discusses UCL's Research Strategy and how London's global university is tackling the world's Grand Challenges.

Professor Thomas explains the findings of her research into the behaviour of juries and their implications for the criminal justice system.

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...

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...

Festschrift in honour of Professor Chris Frith, FRS. The topic of this prestigious international meeting was “Mind in the Brain. This two-day event, took place on 17 and 18 September 2008, hosts included Professors Ray Dolan, Paul Burgess, Jon Driver and Geraint Rees and was held at the Royal...

New understanding of human genetic variation pose significant scientific, social, ethical challenges. The application of such knowledge to the treatment of disease and to perceptions of community and individuality is developing rapidly in a diverse range of institutional and cultural contexts....

Renowned South African judge and freedom fighter Albie Sachs launched his book 'The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law' with a public lecture in the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre on 26 October 2009. Justice Sachs as twice a refugee from South Africa to the UK. The first occasion, in 1966, followed his...

Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen addressed a full UCL Bloomsbury Theatre on the theme of violence in society on 2 June as the climax of the 2009 UCL Global Citizenship series. Professor Sen gave a stimulating and challenging lecture, which explored ideas around ‘organised violence’ (war,...

In this lecture, Lord Hoffmann, who recently retired as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lord), reflects on the contribution made to European trade mark law by the late Sir Hugh Laddie. In surveying Sir Hugh's leading cases, including Wagamama, Davidoff I, Arsenal and Boehringer Ingelheim, Lord...

Demons is discussed. In this sequel to The Da Vinci Code a bomb using anti-matter produced at the particle physics laboratory CERN is used to terrorize the Vatican. The lecture considers questions such as is an anti-matter bomb viable, how does it compare to conventional nuclear devices and can...

The UCL Institute of Origins – exploring the origin and evolution of the universe, and the origin of life – was launched on 27 February 2009, featuring a talk by Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Paul Nurse. UCL President and Provost Professor Malcolm Grant described the institute as a model for how...

We now live in a 'risk society', pre-occupied with hazards to life and heath. Risk is both negative and positive: risk is both danger and innovation. What is the appropriate balance? Under what circumstances is it acceptable for individuals to be exposed to risks to which they have not...

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...

Renowned South African judge and freedom fighter Albie Sachs launched his book 'The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law' with a public lecture in the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre on 26 October 2009. Justice Sachs as twice a refugee from South Africa to the UK. The first occasion, in 1966, followed his...

Renowned South African judge and freedom fighter Albie Sachs launched his book 'The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law' with a public lecture in the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre on 26 October 2009. Justice Sachs as twice a refugee from South Africa to the UK. The first occasion, in 1966, followed his...

Madame Monique Canto-Sperber, Directrice of the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, describes the history of the establishment of French universities, and how this informs their response to President Sarkozy's proposals for reform in a lecture at UCL in November 2009.

Madame Monique Canto-Sperber, Directrice of the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, describes the history of the establishment of French universities, and how this informs their response to President Sarkozy's proposals for reform in a lecture at UCL in November 2009.

The annual UCL–Lancet Lecture was delivered on 29 November 2009 by Professor Lord (Robert) May, former Government Chief Science Adviser and former President of the Royal Society. Professor Lord May’s lecture was entitled 'Climate Change: The biggest global threat of the 21st century?' The event...

The annual UCL–Lancet Lecture was delivered on 29 November 2009 by Professor Lord (Robert) May, former Government Chief Science Adviser and former President of the Royal Society. Professor Lord May’s lecture was entitled 'Climate Change: The biggest global threat of the 21st century?' The event...

Film detailing why graduates should join the UCL Alumni network

Travelling by container ship, train and bus in the summer of 2008, Simon Faithful completed a journey between one Liverpool and another. The lecture will use 181 digital drawings made on the expedition to present the minutiae and randomness of travel and describe the dislocation of one person...

Film detailing why graduates should join the UCL Alumni network

UCL awarded its 2008 Honorary Degrees at a ceremony on 8 September 2008. UCL’s 2008 Honorary Graduands are Mr Maarti Ahtsaari, Professor Henry Baltes, Mr Michael Brady, Professor Sir Martin Evans, Professor Peter Haggett, Ms Luce Irigaray and Mr Ian McEwan.