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Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science (LCCOS) provides outstanding staff and services to research, education and enterprise at @ucl.ac.uk
Find out more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/library-culture-collections-and-open-science-lccos
Find out more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/library-culture-collections-and-open-science-lccos
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Nice obituary of @ucllccos.bsky.social Pro-Vice Provost Paul Ayris by our former colleague Ben Meunier www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
Paul Ayris obituary
Other lives: Library leader at UCL committed to the movement for open science
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February 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Nice obituary of @ucllccos.bsky.social Pro-Vice Provost Paul Ayris by our former colleague Ben Meunier www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
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💜 Today, @ucl.ac.uk marks 200 years since its foundation.
Throughout 2026, we will celebrate two centuries of learning and innovation and share those achievements with our global community.
➡️Discover our exciting #UCL200 programme of events and learn how you can get involved.
Throughout 2026, we will celebrate two centuries of learning and innovation and share those achievements with our global community.
➡️Discover our exciting #UCL200 programme of events and learn how you can get involved.
UCL celebrates 200 years: A landmark year begins
Today, UCL marks 200 years since its foundation. Based in the heart of London, UCL is rooted in curiosity, tolerance and academic excellence. Throughout the year we will celebrate two centuries of lea...
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February 11, 2026 at 6:55 AM
💜 Today, @ucl.ac.uk marks 200 years since its foundation.
Throughout 2026, we will celebrate two centuries of learning and innovation and share those achievements with our global community.
➡️Discover our exciting #UCL200 programme of events and learn how you can get involved.
Throughout 2026, we will celebrate two centuries of learning and innovation and share those achievements with our global community.
➡️Discover our exciting #UCL200 programme of events and learn how you can get involved.
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The World of Wasps exhibition recently wrapped up in the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social. It’s been great sharing @ucl.ac.uk research and celebrating the importance of wasps in our ecosystem. #GMZWasps
February 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The World of Wasps exhibition recently wrapped up in the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social. It’s been great sharing @ucl.ac.uk research and celebrating the importance of wasps in our ecosystem. #GMZWasps
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One month to go… UCL turns 200! 🎉
On 11 February, we kick off #UCL200 – a year of celebrations marking our radical founding in 1826 as London’s first university, open to all. Expect parties, exhibitions, student festivals, art, books, performances, and more.
Get ready!
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On 11 February, we kick off #UCL200 – a year of celebrations marking our radical founding in 1826 as London’s first university, open to all. Expect parties, exhibitions, student festivals, art, books, performances, and more.
Get ready!
@uclspeccoll.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 2:08 PM
One month to go… UCL turns 200! 🎉
On 11 February, we kick off #UCL200 – a year of celebrations marking our radical founding in 1826 as London’s first university, open to all. Expect parties, exhibitions, student festivals, art, books, performances, and more.
Get ready!
@uclspeccoll.bsky.social
On 11 February, we kick off #UCL200 – a year of celebrations marking our radical founding in 1826 as London’s first university, open to all. Expect parties, exhibitions, student festivals, art, books, performances, and more.
Get ready!
@uclspeccoll.bsky.social
We are shocked and saddened to share news of the death of Dr Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost (LCCOS: Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science). Paul will be hugely missed in LCCOS and beyond, and our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.
Read our tribute: https://bit.ly/3XZKE25
Read our tribute: https://bit.ly/3XZKE25
In memoriam: Dr Paul Ayris, BA, PhD, FRHist
Remembering Dr Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost (LCCOS).
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December 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We are shocked and saddened to share news of the death of Dr Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost (LCCOS: Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science). Paul will be hugely missed in LCCOS and beyond, and our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.
Read our tribute: https://bit.ly/3XZKE25
Read our tribute: https://bit.ly/3XZKE25
A diverse range of projects has progressed our mission in 2024-25; from curating and opening up world-class collections, to pioneering open science, and partnering with our local and global communities to address society’s grand challenges. Read our Annual Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-...
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A diverse range of projects has progressed our mission in 2024-25; from curating and opening up world-class collections, to pioneering open science, and partnering with our local and global communities to address society’s grand challenges. Read our Annual Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-...
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We are proud to currently host the world's first exhibition centred on wasps, combining science, art and technology to reveal the secret world of these complex animals. Read more in the LCCOS Annual Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-...
December 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We are proud to currently host the world's first exhibition centred on wasps, combining science, art and technology to reveal the secret world of these complex animals. Read more in the LCCOS Annual Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-...
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This year, we were happy to have our accreditation renewed by Arts Council England recognising excellence across governance, collections and access. Read more in the LCCOS Annual Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-...
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This year, we were happy to have our accreditation renewed by Arts Council England recognising excellence across governance, collections and access. Read more in the LCCOS Annual Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-...
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We have demonstrated our commitment to supporting student success in 2024-25 by transforming our study spaces, prioritising diverse learning needs. Read more in the LCCOS Annual Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-...
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
We have demonstrated our commitment to supporting student success in 2024-25 by transforming our study spaces, prioritising diverse learning needs. Read more in the LCCOS Annual Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-...
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Join Professor Philip Schofield and Dr Jane Gilmour in the latest episode of Beautiful Minds as they debunk the myths around Tourette's.
Listen now: bit.ly/448WE4H
#Tourettes #BeautifulMinds
Listen now: bit.ly/448WE4H
#Tourettes #BeautifulMinds
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Join Professor Philip Schofield and Dr Jane Gilmour in the latest episode of Beautiful Minds as they debunk the myths around Tourette's.
Listen now: bit.ly/448WE4H
#Tourettes #BeautifulMinds
Listen now: bit.ly/448WE4H
#Tourettes #BeautifulMinds
What’s missing from natural history collections? Maria Dragoi, @ucl.ac.uk Museum Studies alumna and current PhD candidate, discusses her research into the Grant Museum’s entomology collection and the importance of interpreting collections through a decolonial lens. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
What’s missing from natural history collections? Maria Dragoi, @ucl.ac.uk Museum Studies alumna and current PhD candidate, discusses her research into the Grant Museum’s entomology collection and the importance of interpreting collections through a decolonial lens. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
Words Matter is a free multi-disciplinary exhibition that is part of Prejudice in Power. Find out more about the events programme exploring UCL’s historic role in promoting the pseudoscience of eugenics.
Words Matter Events Programme
Words Matter is a FREE multi-disciplinary exhibition showcasing the works of twelve artists who participated in a six-month knowledge exchange programme, exploring UCL’s historic role in promoting the...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Words Matter is a free multi-disciplinary exhibition that is part of Prejudice in Power. Find out more about the events programme exploring UCL’s historic role in promoting the pseudoscience of eugenics.
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From infant dreams to nightmares, take a deep dive into the strange world of sleep and the brain with the latest episode of UCL Press Play.
Get exclusive insights from Professor Dagmara Dimitriou's two decades of research.
Listen now: uclpress.co.uk/podcast/why-...
Get exclusive insights from Professor Dagmara Dimitriou's two decades of research.
Listen now: uclpress.co.uk/podcast/why-...
Why Sleep Hygiene Doesn’t Always Work, featuring Professor Dagmara Dimitriou
Professor Dagmara Dimitriou and Professor Philip Schofield take a deep dive into the strange world of sleep and the brain.
uclpress.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
From infant dreams to nightmares, take a deep dive into the strange world of sleep and the brain with the latest episode of UCL Press Play.
Get exclusive insights from Professor Dagmara Dimitriou's two decades of research.
Listen now: uclpress.co.uk/podcast/why-...
Get exclusive insights from Professor Dagmara Dimitriou's two decades of research.
Listen now: uclpress.co.uk/podcast/why-...
Opening today at the @uclpetriemuseum.bsky.social, a new group art show places contemporary Sudanese voices alongside the museum’s ancient artefacts. Find out more about The Land Carries: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Opening today at the @uclpetriemuseum.bsky.social, a new group art show places contemporary Sudanese voices alongside the museum’s ancient artefacts. Find out more about The Land Carries: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
Discover stories of the supernatural penned by the @uclpetriemuseum.bsky.social’s founder Amelia B. Edwards. Award-winning actor Jonathan Goodwin returns on 21 November with 'Tales for a Winter’s Night'.
Tales for a Winter’s Night
Step into the Petrie Museum after hours for an evening of supernatural tales.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Discover stories of the supernatural penned by the @uclpetriemuseum.bsky.social’s founder Amelia B. Edwards. Award-winning actor Jonathan Goodwin returns on 21 November with 'Tales for a Winter’s Night'.
Listen in to a conversation addressing Flinders Petrie's complex legacy. UCL President and Provost Michael Spence meets Head of Petrie Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology Collections, Catriona Wilson, and Curator Dr Anna Garnett in the Faces of UCL podcast. faces-of-ucl.transistor.fm/episodes/epi...
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Listen in to a conversation addressing Flinders Petrie's complex legacy. UCL President and Provost Michael Spence meets Head of Petrie Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology Collections, Catriona Wilson, and Curator Dr Anna Garnett in the Faces of UCL podcast. faces-of-ucl.transistor.fm/episodes/epi...
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🎉 The 1st episode of Beautiful Minds, the new season of UCL Press Play, is out now!
Join Professor Philip Schofield and Dr Sarah White as they take a forensic look at the brain, and challenge outdated medical models and stereotypes of autism
Listen now: t.co/vQPLohtyDk
Join Professor Philip Schofield and Dr Sarah White as they take a forensic look at the brain, and challenge outdated medical models and stereotypes of autism
Listen now: t.co/vQPLohtyDk
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🎉 The 1st episode of Beautiful Minds, the new season of UCL Press Play, is out now!
Join Professor Philip Schofield and Dr Sarah White as they take a forensic look at the brain, and challenge outdated medical models and stereotypes of autism
Listen now: t.co/vQPLohtyDk
Join Professor Philip Schofield and Dr Sarah White as they take a forensic look at the brain, and challenge outdated medical models and stereotypes of autism
Listen now: t.co/vQPLohtyDk
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Thanks to Geraldine Hunwick, Rosaleen Williams, Holly Smith, Sarah Aitchison & Erika Delbecque @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social @ucllccos.bsky.social for speaking to #RLUKICIL on how collections can help libraries meet #EDI goals
📺 Watch a recording at bit.ly/ICILOND
📺 Watch a recording at bit.ly/ICILOND
October 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Thanks to Geraldine Hunwick, Rosaleen Williams, Holly Smith, Sarah Aitchison & Erika Delbecque @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social @ucllccos.bsky.social for speaking to #RLUKICIL on how collections can help libraries meet #EDI goals
📺 Watch a recording at bit.ly/ICILOND
📺 Watch a recording at bit.ly/ICILOND
@uclspeccoll.bsky.social has appointed Monitor Books as the inaugural Small Press in Residence as part of celebrations marking 60 years since UCL’s Small Press Collection was established. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...
October 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
@uclspeccoll.bsky.social has appointed Monitor Books as the inaugural Small Press in Residence as part of celebrations marking 60 years since UCL’s Small Press Collection was established. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...
Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social’s latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
October 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social’s latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
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@ucl.ac.uk Staff and Students - join us for an Open Access Week webinar in which four speakers will consider the question: Who Owns Our Knowledge?
Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆
We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8
(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)
Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆
We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8
(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@ucl.ac.uk Staff and Students - join us for an Open Access Week webinar in which four speakers will consider the question: Who Owns Our Knowledge?
Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆
We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8
(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)
Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆
We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8
(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)
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We love hearing how our Open Access textbooks are being used in classrooms around the world 🌍
If you’ve adopted one for your course, let us know-your stories help us support more learners!
💬 DM or tag us
🔗 Browse free textbooks: t.co/6sxfFy6HF0
#OpenAccess
If you’ve adopted one for your course, let us know-your stories help us support more learners!
💬 DM or tag us
🔗 Browse free textbooks: t.co/6sxfFy6HF0
#OpenAccess
October 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We love hearing how our Open Access textbooks are being used in classrooms around the world 🌍
If you’ve adopted one for your course, let us know-your stories help us support more learners!
💬 DM or tag us
🔗 Browse free textbooks: t.co/6sxfFy6HF0
#OpenAccess
If you’ve adopted one for your course, let us know-your stories help us support more learners!
💬 DM or tag us
🔗 Browse free textbooks: t.co/6sxfFy6HF0
#OpenAccess
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A huge congratulations to the winners of UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards 2025! 🎉🍾
Read the announcement on our latest blog post 👉 buff.ly/UBQGnKy
UCL Staff and Students, celebrate with these colleagues at the awards presentation on Wednesday 22nd October 🏆 buff.ly/0aV34VC
Read the announcement on our latest blog post 👉 buff.ly/UBQGnKy
UCL Staff and Students, celebrate with these colleagues at the awards presentation on Wednesday 22nd October 🏆 buff.ly/0aV34VC
October 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A huge congratulations to the winners of UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards 2025! 🎉🍾
Read the announcement on our latest blog post 👉 buff.ly/UBQGnKy
UCL Staff and Students, celebrate with these colleagues at the awards presentation on Wednesday 22nd October 🏆 buff.ly/0aV34VC
Read the announcement on our latest blog post 👉 buff.ly/UBQGnKy
UCL Staff and Students, celebrate with these colleagues at the awards presentation on Wednesday 22nd October 🏆 buff.ly/0aV34VC
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In celebration of the recent East and South East Asian Heritage Month, students and staff across have shared their book recommendations with us. Read through the list here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...
October 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
In celebration of the recent East and South East Asian Heritage Month, students and staff across have shared their book recommendations with us. Read through the list here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...