Just finished teaching an experiential, site-specific & practice-informed module on & in Barcelona, for a cohort of fab UCL @artshumsucl.bsky.social students. Part of a Turing-funded suite of European city modules, it's a truly special study format. @uclnews.bsky.social
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The @ucl.ac.uk Faculty of Arts and Humanities is recognised globally for teaching & research excellence. Arts and Humanities subjects ranked 7th in world Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 by subject.
Where could your postgraduate degree take you? For Lu Dong, studying at UCL led to opportunities she never expected - from serving as a Youth Delegate at the World Bank Group to gaining international experience through an internship in South Africa. buff.ly/ohmB4Bk @uclssees.bsky.social
Thinking about studying at UCL Arts & Humanities? 🎓 Get a real insight into undergraduate life through our Day in the Life student blogs. Featuring stories from students studying everything from Fine Art and English to Philosophy, Languages and European Studies. ✨ buff.ly/fShyjam
Philosophy student Mehrafarin Sayyadi Nejad is connecting students through social events, language sessions and poetry nights, supporting people to have more open conversations in challenging times. Find out more about Mehrafarin in her Faces of UCL profile. buff.ly/cikZZdM #UCL200 #FacesofUCL
Conversations That Shape Creative Futures: The 2026 Arts and Humanities Student Success Project ✨ Read more about this year's events in a blog written by the students: buff.ly/FbxMpP9 #StudentSuccess #ArtsHumanities #CreativeCareers
Help students become language mediators to bridge knowledge gaps 💡 Dr Mazal Oaknín, discusses how mediation, translanguaging and a class contract can develop understanding, prevent clashes and promote appreciation for diversity in multilingual classrooms. buff.ly/nNHU6ey @uclselcs.bsky.social
Drawing on her own journey, Hidy Fu has transformed the experiences of UCL’s international students, supporting them from their first steps onto campus to their post-university career Find out more about Hidy in her Faces of UCL profile.https://buff.ly/hrJ1AbK @uclselcs.bsky.social
Dr Xine Yao (UCL English) is featured as a speaker at the Southbank Centre's Letters to the Future Festival for the event on the Future of Education curated by bestselling author R.F. Kuang. Taking place on Saturday 19 September, find out more about this event: buff.ly/gWWtbka
Where could a postgraduate degree take you? Our Arts and Humanities Master's and PhD graduates share their career plans, ambitions and next steps after graduation. Thinking about postgraduate study? Find out where our graduates are now: buff.ly/5EjNGBm
What’s Next? Arts and Humanities Masters and PhD Graduates Share Their Career Plans
Join us at our recent Postgraduate Graduation Ceremony as we catch up with graduates to hear about their academic journeys, the subjects they studied, and their exciting plans for the…
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Congratulations to Professor Miriam Leonard (UCL Greek and Latin) for being appointed as a new British Academy Fellow ✨️ She is among the 92 academics who have joined the British Academy as UK Fellows, International Fellows and 2 Honorary Fellows this year. Find out more: buff.ly/on6KNXY
History and Spanish graduate Zoe Dahse used her time at UCL to spotlight student voices and uncover campus life, discovering skills that set her on a path towards writing and journalism. Find out more about Zoe in her #FacesofUCL profile: buff.ly/5V6NcCl @uclselcs.bsky.social
National Student Survey (NSS) 2026 results highlight improvements across UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities ✨️ We are extremely proud to have equalled or improved performance across five of seven NSS themes. Find out more about these results: buff.ly/n9JpqQR
Looking for career inspiration? ⭐️ Recent graduate Aisha Ali shares how internships helped her explore different industries, develop valuable skills and gain confidence in her career journey. Read her blog to learn more about her experience and advice for current students: buff.ly/Dr31ZL2
🔊 We are pleased to announce that we will be expanding our heritage language course provision from October 2026, with new courses in Bulgarian and Romanian offered alongside our existing Albanian course. ➡️ Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @artshumsucl.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to @ramonagonczol.bsky.social, a recognised advocate for Romanian language education and bilingualism, whose expertise features in ACORDUK’s landmark report on the Romanian diaspora, launched at the UK Parliament. ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @artshumsucl.bsky.social
UCL English alumnus Steven Knight CBE is a screenwriter, producer, and director for film and television, best known for his widely acclaimed, genre-defining period crime drama Peaky Blinders. Find out more about Steven in his #FacesofUCL profile: buff.ly/K7IgS51 #UCL200
Join us on 16 July for Malvolio's Masquerade by the Milwaz Theatre Company of Trinidad and Tobago - a Caribbean retelling of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The evening begins with a talk by Dr Eric Langley (UCL English) on "Revelry in the Renaissance". Find tickets here: buff.ly/tLSOyVO
Bringing together the Quirk community ✨ Last week’s 2026 Symposium held at the British Academy explored Languages of Justice, examining the role of language within the justice system and its wider significance for social justice, equity and equality. buff.ly/8OfEL1u #UCL #ArtsHumanities
Tomiwa Owolade is helping to shift the national conversation around race, inequality, and identity, encouraging more nuanced ways of understanding society in Britain. Find out more about Tomiwa in his Faces of UCL profile: buff.ly/q1VWz0w #UCL200 #FacesofUCL
Congratulations to Professor Mark Geller (UCL Hebrew and Jewish Studies) for receiving ERC funding for his research project, BabPharmacy. Analysing thousands of cuneiform recipes to uncover what ancient medicine can teach us today buff.ly/hafXi7t @uclnews.bsky.social @uclhjs.bsky.social #ERC
We are really sorry to let you know that UCL Open Days on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2026 have been cancelled. Please do not travel to campus for these events. For the latest updates, please visit: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-students/open-days/undergraduate-open-days
Bookings open for the English Grammar Day on 29 June in the British Library. Do bring your students! Organised by: Bas Aarts @artshumsucl.bsky.social Jonnie Robinson @britishlibrary.bsky.social Charlotte Brewer @hertfordcollege.bsky.social events.bl.uk/events/engli... #EnglishGrammarDay
We were delighted to be a part of this exciting project with @ucl.ac.uk as part of our joint 200th anniversaries, bringing together art, nature and science #ZSLat200 🎨
We’re excited to share Reimagining the Studio of Animal Art - a UCL200 collaboration between the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL Biosciences, the Grant Museum of Zoology, and the Zoological Society of London. Read more: buff.ly/3ntEMeb 📸 Lucy Pope 2026 #UCL200 @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
REFERENDUM+10: The run-up to the Brexit referendum displayed some similarities to oratory in ancient Rome. Gesine Manuwald @artshumsucl.bsky.social asks if, ten years later, a comparison with political rhetoric in the Roman Republic is still instructive. ucleuropeblog.com/2026/06/23/r...
REFERENDUM+10: The referendum, Brexit – and the Roman Republic | Gesine Manuwald
The run-up to the Brexit referendum could be seen to display some similarities to oratorical campaigns in ancient Rome, especially during the first century BCE, as discussed in a blog in 2016.…
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Hélène Neveu Kringelbach is Associate Professor of African Anthropology at UCL, working to decolonise research & shift the conversation around race, interracial relationships, & African cultures. Find out more about Hélène in Faces of UCL: buff.ly/1ElIiXz #UCL200 #FacesofUCL @uclselcs.bsky.social
The King’s Dinner: Family, nation, and identity on the British table, 1760-1820 📚️ A new book co-authored by Dr Adam Crymble (UCL Information Studies) has been published through UCL Press. Find out more: buff.ly/vWzbIeZ #UCLArtsAndHumanities #NewBook
How do we move from polarisation to real connection in higher education? Dr Mazal Oaknín (UCL SELCS) explores how counterspaces and reverse mentoring can build more inclusive, empathetic learning environments. Read more: buff.ly/ZTCrqgF
📣 Have you heard? Thanks to incredible minds from every corner of the globe, from curious first-years to Nobel prize-winning researchers, we’re now joint #8 in the QS World University Rankings. We are University College London. And here, it can happen. #QSWUR 🔗: https://bit.ly/4vlW4w2
John Mullan is the Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at UCL and has been an influential figure in shaping modern understanding and appreciation of the 18th century novel. Find out more about John: buff.ly/l58Z1rq #UCL200 #FacesofUCL
Discover how a silver cigarette box captured the spirit of UCL’s Classics community, revealing a vibrant scholarly world and a legacy that still resonates today. 📚 Read more: buff.ly/v9TGSms #UCL200 #Classics #HigherEducation #LondonHistory