🏆 Congratulations to the winner and runners-up of our #LoveUCL Photo of the Year competition! Our community has voted and the results are in: Winner: Dicky Murti Prasetya 2nd place runner-up: Emma Wang Ko 3rd place runner-up: Aryan Dashti - £50 Love2Shop voucher #LoveUCL

Today, we celebrate graduates from the Faculties of Medical Sciences and Brain Sciences as they cross the stage. Congratulations on this incredible achievement. We're so proud of you! ✨🎓

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

Just announced: @ucl.ac.uk will host the new Science of Fundamental AI Research (SOFAIR) Lab, a major new research lab to develop innovative, open-source AI systems, to help secure the UK’s position as a global leader in AI.

National research lab based at UCL will make AI more accessible

UCL will host a major new lab to develop innovative, open-source AI systems, to help secure the UK’s position as a global leader in AI.

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📣 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

New UCL research has identified a brain network linked to diffuse midline glioma (DMG), one of the deadliest childhood brain cancers. Published in Nature, the study suggests a tumour's location within this network may help predict outcomes and guide future treatments. https://bit.ly/3S8109e

Congratulations to the winners and nominees of the UCL Education Awards, which celebrate staff and students who go the extra mile to support learning at UCL. 💜 Explore the full list of winners: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/teaching-learning/news/2026/jun/celebrating-our-2026-education-award-winners

Congratulations to Pip Jackson on her appointment as the Government’s Disability and Access Ambassador for the Built Environment. A well-deserved recognition of her leadership in accessibility, inclusion and inclusive design. 👏 Read more: https://bit.ly/4e1vPVu

Another academic year, nearly done. 💜 Whether you're revising, submitting assignments, waiting on results or preparing to graduate, we're rooting for you. Good luck for the weeks ahead and enjoy a well-deserved summer. 📸: @bless_the_rain (May #LoveUCL entry)

That's a wrap on UCL200 Summer Festival ☀️ From dance and debates to film, music and a world record attempt, it was a fantastic week of celebrating our community. Here are some of our favourite moments! 📸: Dash Wong #UCL200 #LoveUCL

This year's theme for Pride Month is "Embracing everyone: a home for all of London’s LGBTQIA+ communities”, seeking to celebrate progress made towards inclusion. Share your book recommendations here. ucl-global.libwizard.com/f/Pride2026

Disagreeing Well brings together perspectives to explore one of the most contested questions shaping contemporary public life: Is politics corrupting religion? On 2 July, the Bloomsbury Theatre will host a panel of experts to explore this question! Book your tickets here: https://bit.ly/4u82xJG

How important are the arts for our health? Professor Daisy Fancourt’s research shows how engaging in the arts can support both mental and physical health. Full story: https://bit.ly/4tUppfn @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social @ucl-sbb.bsky.social @ucliehc.bsky.social @creativelivescl.bsky.social

Eid al-Adha Mubarak

The annual cost of treating children and young people experiencing a mental health crisis in specialised NHS acute hospital wards in England has quadrupled to nearly £90m, a study led by Dr Lee Hudson @uclchildhealth.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social has found. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...

Soaring cost of emergency child mental health admissions

The annual cost to the NHS to treat children and young people experiencing a mental health crisis in specialised acute hospital wards in England quadrupled to £87.5 million between 2012 and 2022, find...

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Congratulations to the Class of 2026. 🎓 From late-night deadlines to graduation day in UCL’s bicentenary year, you’ve been part of a chapter that will stay in the university’s history long after the photos are taken. #UCL200 #UCLGrad 📸: Nikolaos Volkov

Why did T. rex have such tiny arms? 🦖 A new study led by researchers at UCL and Cambridge University, suggests that as some dinosaurs evolved stronger skulls and jaws, their arms became less useful for hunting and shrank over time. 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4upaXNG #Dinosaurs #TRex

Hat's off to this year's graduates🎓 We’re celebrating every single one of you who is crossing the stage at the Royal Festival Hall this week. Congratulations on reaching such an incredible milestone. We’re so proud of you. 💜

🧠How can caregiving relationships promote better mental health among care-experienced young people? Learn more with Dr Sprecher and Dr Meetoo 👇 https://bit.ly/4sJPg9j @easprecher.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MentalHealth #UCLMentalHealth

Heavy caring responsibilities reduce brain function for people aged 50 & over, whereas light caring duties can actually be beneficial to middle-aged and older people’s mental abilities, new research led by Dr @baowenxue.bsky.social from @ucliehc.bsky.social finds www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Older people risk mental decline if they do long hours of caring, UK study shows

Researchers find 50+ hours a week can be detrimental to health but lighter responsibilities have positive effect

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🧠 Happy #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek! Did you know physical fitness can influence your mental wellbeing AND cognitive performance? Explore UCL’s Active Minds research 👇 https://bit.ly/4tppKaq @uclmedsci.bsky.social @theiseh.bsky.social #MentalHealth #UCLMentalHealth

✨Open Day bookings are now live✨ Join us at our Bloomsbury Campus on Friday 26th or Saturday 27th June 2026 to explore our dynamic undergraduate programmes across a wide range of disciplines. Book your place: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-students/open-days/undergraduate-open-days

Final tickets available. Join us for the next Disagreeing Well event: What does reckoning with Britain's imperial past involve in 2026? 📅 13 May, 6-7:45pm, Bloomsbury Theatre 🔗 Book tickets and more info: https://www.bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/05/disagreeing-well @sathnam.bsky.social

Have an auspicious Vesak

We’re opening our doors on Saturday 13 June for a Science Fair full of fun, discovery, and interactive activities for all ages. Bring the whole family and dive into a world of experiments, demonstrations, and surprising scientific wonders. Sign up here: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

The days are brighter, the sun’s out (for now) and Term 3 is here 🌞 From catching up with friends to settling back into campus life, welcome back. If exams are on your mind right now, good luck 💜

Major new report finds climate change has extended the hay fever season in Europe by a fortnight compared to the 1990s. Authors included UCL's Maria Walawender, @marinaromanello.bsky.social, Marco Springmann, Ian Hamilton, Harsh Jatkar, Shih-Che Hsu and Daniel Scamman www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ap...

Hay fever sufferers’ plight made worse by climate change

Climate change has prolonged the pollen season by up to a fortnight compared to the 1990s, creating problems for hay fever sufferers, a new report involving UCL academics has found.

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Happy Vaisakhi to everyone celebrating!

Happy Orthodox Easter

Wishing everybody a very happy Easter!