The World of UCL

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UCL Press, May 21, 2018 - Education - 352 pages

From its foundation in 1826, UCL embraced a progressive and pioneering spirit. It was the first university in England to admit students regardless of religion and made higher education affordable and accessible to a much broader section of society. It was also effectively the first university to welcome women on equal terms with men. From the outset UCL showed a commitment to innovative ideas and new methods of teaching and research.

This book charts the history of UCL from 1826 through to the present day, highlighting its many contributions to society in Britain and around the world. It covers the expansion of the university through the growth in student numbers and institutional mergers. It documents shifts in governance throughout the years and the changing social and economic context in which UCL operated, including challenging periods of reconstruction after two World Wars.

Today UCL is one of the powerhouses of research and teaching, and a truly global university. It is currently seventh in the QS World University Rankings. This completely revised and updated edition features a new chapter based on interviews with key individuals at UCL. It comes at a time of ambitious development for UCL with the establishment of an entirely new campus in East London, UCL East, and Provost Michael Arthur’s ‘UCL 2034’ strategy which aims to secure the university’s long-term future and commits UCL to delivering global impact.

 

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A. E. Housman Anatomy appointed Architecture Beadle became Bentham Bloomsbury British Brougham building Cambridge campus Carey Foster centenary Centre Chair Chemistry College Archives College Collection College London UCL College’s Common Room Council Department designed Digital Media photographer early Engineering English established foundation founded founder Front Quad funding Gallery Galton global Gordon Street Gower Street Gregory Foster Hall Henry higher education History Ifor Evans Jodrell John Kathleen Lonsdale King’s College Laboratory later lectures Lord Annan Malcolm Grant Mathematics Media photographer Mary Medical School Medicine merger Michael Arthur opened organised original Pearson photographer Mary Hinkley Physiology pioneering postgraduate programme Provost Ramsay Royal Free Hospital Sciences Second World Slade School student numbers successful successor teacher teaching Tonks UCL Digital Media UCL Library UCL Records Office UCL students UCL’s UCLArt Museum undergraduate University College London University College School University of London Vice-Provost Wilkins women students Women’s Union

About the author (2018)

Negley Harte is Emeritus Senior Lecturer of History at UCL. He is interested in three 
main areas of British history: the origins of industrialisation; textile production and consumption (sixteenth to nineteenth centuries); and the history of higher education.

John North was appointed Assistant Lecturer in UCL’s Department of History in 1963, where he taught Greek and Roman History for 40 years. Since 2003 he has been Emeritus Professor of History.

Georgina Brewis is Senior Lecturer in the History of Education at the UCL Institute of Education. She is a historian of higher education, youth and voluntary action and teaches History across UCL. She is also a member of the International Centre for Historical Research in Education (ICHRE).

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TitleThe World of UCL
JSTOR Open Access monographs
AuthorsNegley Harte, John North, Georgina Brewis
Editionrevised
PublisherUCL Press, 2018
ISBN1787352935, 9781787352933
Length352 pages
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Education / History
  
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