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🏆 UCL is ranked 9th globally in the 2026 QS World University Rankings for the third year in a row.

This marks our 14th year in the global top 10, reflecting the strength of our academic and employer reputation.

🔗 Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
#QSWUR
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Wishing a very Happy Christmas to those who are celebrating 🎄✨
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December 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Season’s Greetings from UCL🎄

UCL will be closed from 5:30pm on Tuesday 22 Dec 2025 to 9:00am on Monday 5 Jan 2026. Students can access support services during this time.

🔗 More details: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/students/support-and-wellbeing-services/about-us/closure-periods-2025-support-and-services
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December 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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The UCL Philanthropy Impact Report 2025 is here 🌍

Across 13 case studies and features, this year’s report spotlights the vital role of UCL’s alumni, donors and partners in creating a healthier, fairer and more sustainable world.

🔗 Read the report: https://bit.ly/44Dyqjk
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December 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Holiday conversations ahead? The Bridge podcast helps you disagree well this season. 🎄🎙️

Listen to all 6 episodes for practical tips on calmer, kinder dialogue:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/disagreeing-well/the-bridge-podcast
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December 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Happy Hanukkah to those in our global community celebrating ✨
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December 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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We’re wishing all our students a restful winter break. ✨

Staying at UCL or heading home? Make sure to check out the services and support available over the break. 📎https://www.ucl.ac.uk/students/support-and-wellbeing-services/about-us/closure-periods-2025-support-and-services

📸 7ackyliang on IG.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Sometimes the biggest turning points happen outside the classroom. For Hamza, it was a hackathon win, a TEDx talk, a boxing medal and standup comedy. His experience is a reminder that saying “yes” to new spaces can change everything.

🔗 Read his full story: https://bit.ly/4pQsyv5

#UCLMastersMatter
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December 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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A revolutionary gene therapy called base editing, developed by @uclchildhealth.bsky.social's Prof Waseem Qasim & his team, is helping patients including Alyssa Tapley, 16, fight a previously incurable blood cancer @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social @greatormondst.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/de...
World-first base-edited gene therapy helps patients fight previously incurable blood cancer
A groundbreaking new treatment using genome-edited immune cells, developed by scientists at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), has shown promising results in helping children and adults fight a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Throughout 2025, UCL Innovation & Enterprise has been supporting, empowering and celebrating the UCL community making an impact through knowledge exchange and innovation.

Have a read of some of this year’s highlights: https://bit.ly/3K8UxXZ

@uclenterprise.bsky.social
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December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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On International Day of People with Disabilities, part of UK Disability History Month, we’re sharing how UCL is working to create inclusive and inspiring spaces for everyone. Learn more and explore what’s happening: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/nov/disability-history-month-2025-ucl
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December 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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HRH Duchess of Edinburgh toured @ucl-ifwh.bsky.social to see cutting-edge science improving outcomes for women and babies. She met Wellbeing of Women-funded researchers and discussed their work to stop pregnancy loss. A powerful reminder that science changes lives.

https://bit.ly/4p5kOFH
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December 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Support from UCL Innovation & Enterprise helps transform UCL's entrepreneur's bright ideas into promising ventures. Check out the UCL festive gift guide for one-of-a-kind gifts for your loved ones and support a UCL startup at the same time: https://bit.ly/48dom2R @uclenterprise.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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🎙️From #UCLDisagreeingWell: is National Service good for young people? Student hosts and a conflict expert tackle whether it builds unity or holds young people back, joined by two guests with first-hand experience of conscription. 🎧 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/disagreeing-well/the-bridge-podcast
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November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Love UCL? You’re not alone. In the latest edition of #PorticoMagazine you can enjoy a decade of campus moments captured by our students and alumni. 📸

#LoveUCL: A decade in pictures explores the archives of the #LoveUCL Instagram competition.

Read the full feature below:
https://bit.ly/47YEzbK
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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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🎙️From #UCLDisagreeing Well, the ethics of eating meat have never been more debated Episode 5 - Is it right to eat meat in a prosperous society?

Student hosts and a conflict expert tackle the tough debate of our time. Listen now 🎧 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/disagreeing-well/the-bridge-podcast
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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All eyes on UCL for its 200th birthday. Across 3 nights our Wilkins Building and main Quad will transform into an immersive sound and light experience as UCL illuminated takes us through the history of London’s oldest university. 11–13 Feb 2026 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/app/ev/25074/
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Sir John Hardy (@uclqsion.bsky.social) is on Esquire’s Better Men List 2025 for pioneering Alzheimer’s research. We’re proud to see him recognised as a role model in science. 🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/news/ucls-professor-sir-john-hardy-named-esquires-better-men-list-2025
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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UCL is 1st in the UK for sustainability in the QS Sustainability Rankings for the second year running! 🏆🌍

Thank you to our community for making this possible 👏

🔗 Find out more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/nov/ucl-ranks-1st-uk-and-3rd-globally-qs-sustainability-rankings
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November 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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🎙️"Should traditional masculine norms be celebrated or demonised"? As Movember encourages us to rethink men's health and masculinity, The Bridge explores if traditional masculine norms harm or help.

Listen now 🎧 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/disagreeing-well/the-bridge-podcast
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November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🎙️From #UCLDisagreeing Well, The Bridge podcast continues its bold journey exploring how to disagree better in today’s polarised world. Student hosts and a conflict expert tackle the tough debates of our time.

Listen now 🎧:https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/disagreeing-well/the-bridge-podcast
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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UCL200 to launch with a spectacular sound and light experience! 💫

We can’t wait to welcome students, staff, alumni and our wider community and launching a year of celebrations for our 200th birthday!

📅11-13 February 2026.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/439g5Kk
UCL200 to launch with a spectacular sound and light experience: Save the date to celebrate together!
The countdown has officially begun! Save the date for UCL Illuminated – a spectacular sound and light experience that will kick off our bicentennial celebrations from 11-13 February 2026.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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New from #UCL: Faces of UCL, hosted by President & Provost Dr Michael Spence.

Ordinary people, extraordinary stories - from curating Egyptian artefacts to decoding dementia.

Listen now https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/ucls-bicentenary/faces-ucl-podcast

#UCLPodcasts
October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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UCL undergraduates chosen as Millennium Fellows 2024-25

We congratulate 26 UCL students that have been selected as Millennium Fellows 2024-25 - the highest number of any UK university - to lead projects tackling the UN SDGs!

Read more: https://bit.ly/3WopBp1
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October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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People with sight loss have recovered reading vision after being treated with an electronic eye implant paired with augmented-reality glasses, reports a pioneering trial involving Mr Mahi Muqit @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfields.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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🧡 UCL students - join us Tue 4 Nov (10:00-11:30) at Nunn Hall (20 Bedford Way) for a quiet therapy-dogs drop-in session designed for neurodivergent students.

Free, but limited spaces, so please book ahead! 🐾

Book your spot: https://bit.ly/3LlCRIx
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October 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM