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We support UCL's communities to collaborate across borders and boundaries. Here, we share UCL's global story 🌏 Find us on LinkedIn: UCL Global Engagement
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Spotlight on Dr Nidhi Chaudhary, Director of Education in STEaPP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy) and Founder of the Co-Design Lab, using co-design to tackle real-world challenges and AI futures.

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Spotlight on... Nidhi Chaudhary
Nidhi Chaudhary, Director of Education in STEaPP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy) and Founder of the Co-Design Lab, talks about improving student support, creating a fairer framework for AI, and why Salvador Dalí tops her dream dinner guest list.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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PhD student Anando Ghosh (@thebartlettucl.bsky.social) is using his @ucl.ac.uk experience to work on environmental justice from India to Brazil and beyond – through Turing funding, Reach Alliance and the Stockholm Trio collaboration.

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November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Report in Social Sciences in China Today on UCL-PKU project "Decoding Climate Narratives: Climate Change Communication in China & UK". Many thanks to @ucl-global.bsky.social & @pku1898.bsky.social for the kind support ai-and-society.org/projects/dec... @artshumsucl.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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UCL’s festive gift guide is live, showcasing unique products from UCL entrepreneurs, all of which have received support from UCL Innovation & Enterprise. 🎄🎁

Discover gifts from bespoke cakes to eco-friendly coffee cups and jewellery made from recycled electronics.

Check it out: bit.ly/48dom2R
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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@ucl.ac.uk leaders, including @profgeraintrees.bsky.social, visited Singapore to advance partnerships in health, AI and innovation — meeting A*STAR, NUS, NTU, and SingHealth, announcing the first UCL–NUS fund recipients, and engaging alumni.

#UCLSingapore
#UCLHealth

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November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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PhD candidate Cedric Tan from @ucl.ac.uk @ugiatucl.bsky.social is exploring how pathogens and antimicrobial resistance jump between species, supported by a scholarship from A*STAR Singapore and @astar-gis.bsky.social.

#UCLSingapore
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Tackling the spread of disease through a UCL-Singapore connection
PhD candidate Cedric Tan (UCL Genetics Institute) – an A*STAR National Science Scholarship recipient – is using bioinformatics to understand more about how pathogens jump between species.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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@ucl.ac.uk has renewed its partnership with Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), opening more routes for PhD students to undertake 1–2 year attachments at A*STAR institutes under joint supervision.

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UCL and A*STAR renew links to boost PhD mobility and innovation
UCL has strengthened its global research ties by renewing its partnership with Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), unlocking opportunities for PhD students to gain international experience through collaborations on cutting-edge projects.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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@ucl.ac.uk in China: keynote at the Beijing Forum, strategic meetings with @pku1898.bsky.social & @tsinghuauniversity.bsky.social, plus alumni events across Beijing, Guangzhou & Hong Kong—strengthening ties in health and AI.

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UCL delegation advances innovation in China
UCL’s leadership visited mainland China and Hong Kong for strategic meetings, forums, and alumni engagements, deepening collaboration with major universities and advancing innovation in health and AI.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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🎙️ New ep: Asylum, Housing & Community
Host Ethne James Souch talks with Mette Louise Berg, Judith Spirig, Faith Nyamakanga & Nelson Gomez about asylum housing in the UK—how policy, privatised systems & ideas of “deservingness” shape everyday lives.
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Asylum, Housing, and Community
In this episode, host Ethne James Souch speaks with Professor Mette Louise Berg, Dr Judith Spirig, Faith Nyamakanga, and Nelson Gomez about the lived realities of asylum housing in the UK, and the wid
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November 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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@ucl.ac.uk BSc/MSc/PhD students can apply to join an 18-month Reach Alliance project on planetary health & diabetes, with fieldwork in Mexico.

Apply by emailing j.flores-guerrero@ucl.ac.uk
(subject “Reach Alliance Application”) with a 2-page CV + 1-page motivation by 30 Nov.
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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The Bartlett School of Planning visited Shanghai 🌏🤝

With Profs Mike Raco & Lauren Andres, we visited ECADI, launched a new Urban Regeneration & AI Lab with Shanghai University, spoke at Tongji University's AI for Cities event and reconnected with our UCL alumni community.
Group of UCL alumni gathered at an indoor event, seated and standing around a room with a banner that reads 'Welcome UCL alumni.' Decor includes a central wooden table and ornate screens in the background. Group of individuals standing in front of a large screen displaying "ECADI, East China Architectural Design & Research Institute" with a city skyline in the background. Four individuals participate in a ceremonial unveiling. Two are revealing a plaque while the others observe, against a backdrop of a traditional landscape painting. Prof Andres presenting, standing at a podium with a slide titled "The conditions of adoption and governance of AI technologies for just urban futures" by Lauren Andres & Mike Raco.
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Interstellar Space Technologies aims to enable mass manufacturing and research in space, with a vision to launch the world’s first space station dedicated to manufacturing.

Read: bit.ly/48R5zuH

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November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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In New Delhi today, UCL, AIIMS and IIT Delhi revealed the inaugural recipients of the trilateral seed fund — UK–India teams co-developing affordable medical technologies across devices, implants and digital health (diagnostics, imaging and surgical interventions).
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Inaugural recipients of UCL-AIIMS-IITD trilateral seed funds revealed
UCL, AIIMS and IIT Delhi have unveiled the first trilateral research collaborations set to co-develop affordable medical technologies across devices, implants, and digital health.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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@ucl.ac.uk is in India today! Join us as we share updates from the visit and stories of our collaborations. Led by Vice-Provost
@profgeraintrees.bsky.social, our team will strengthen ties with key partners.

#UCLandIndia

Explore UCL’s connections with India: www.ucl.ac.uk/global/regio...
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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How can researchers engage more effectively with African Union (AU) policymakers?

Join our masterclass on policy engagement with Africa on Wed 10 Dec, 9.00–12.30, Malet Street (UCL).

Open to Early Career Researchers and senior academics from across disciplines.

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November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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At the Reach Alliance Conference in Singapore, @profgeraintrees.bsky.social took part in the Leaders Roundtable on universities creating impact and announced that UCL will host the Reach Conference in London in November 2026. We also highlighted two UCL student case studies. #UCLSingapore #UCLHealth
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Announcing the first recipients of the UCL-NUS Research & Innovation Collaboration Fund: six new teams in Neuroscience, Digital Health and Ophthalmology to kick-start long-term collaborations.

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#UCLHealth
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Announcing first recipients of UCL–NUS Research and Innovation Collaboration Fund
UCL and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have selected six collaborations in Neuroscience, Digital Health and Ophthalmology to kick start new links and lay the groundwork for long-term partn...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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📢 Submissions are open for the 2026 Behaviour Change Conference!
A fantastic opportunity to share your work & connect with delegates worldwide - all working toward a healthier, sustainable world 🌍
🗓 Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
👉 ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/conference
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Behaviour Change Conference 2026 - call for abstracts now open, submit by 15 December 2025. Image of conference venue.
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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UCL graduate Simeng Zhang from @uclengineering.bsky.social is applying her skills in electronics and AI to develop the next gen of smart home tech in Hong Kong, following a UCL Talent Bank summer internship with HKSTP, supported by UCL Careers.

#UCLandChina

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Advancing technology in Hong Kong following a UCL education
UCL graduate Simeng Zhang (UCL Electronic and Electrical Engineering BEng 2025) is using her degree and a one-of-a-kind internship opportunity to drive innovation using the latest technologies.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Marking India’s #NationalEducationDay with Kavya Mukhija: Chevening Scholar, disability advocate and UCL MSc Disability, Design and Innovation student, pushing accessible learning and inclusive design—from streets to screens.

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Student spotlight: Kavya Mukhija
Kavya Mukhija is studying for an MSc in Disability, Design and Innovation at UCL. Originally from New Delhi, India, she is a Chevening Scholar, disability rights advocate, and content creator.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Senior Research Fellow Dr Yukun Zhou (@ucleye.bsky.social, @insighteyehub.bsky.social and @uclbrainscience.bsky.social) is using AI and eye imagery to develop early screening for a range of diseases – supported by a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Early-Career Award ⬇

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Using retinal images to predict disease across the world
Senior Research Fellow Dr Yukun Zhou (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) – a Wellcome Early-Career Award recipient – is using AI and eye imagery to develop early screening for an array of diseases.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Meet David Zhong @dz803.bsky.social, a third-year MEng Robotics & AI student at @ucl.ac.uk @uclengineering.bsky.social. From competition rovers to teaching robots to follow plain-language instructions, he’s getting hands-on with real-world robotics.

#UCLandChina

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Student spotlight: David Zhong
Meet David Zhong, a third-year MEng Robotics & AI student at UCL. He explores vision–language–action models and whole-body control, with work from J&J motion tools to an award-winning rover team.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Stronger UK–France health research links: @ucl.ac.uk welcomed Inserm for a roundtable with senior leaders and the French Embassy science team—plus the first Inserm–UK Joint Lab with UCL is now signed.

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UCL and Inserm strengthen ties with first UK Joint Lab agreement
UCL hosted Prof Didier Samuel, Chairman and CEO of Inserm, for a visit that culminated in the signing of a new Joint Lab agreement, with UCL Cancer Institute and Institut Gustave Roussy at the French ...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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@ucl.ac.uk academic Dr Zezhi Tang (UCL Computer Science, @uclengineering.bsky.social) on taking embodied AI from theory to practice—reinforcement learning, robots that can see, understand instructions, and act, and real-world robotics.

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Academic spotlight: Dr Zezhi Tang
Dr Zezhi Tang (UCL Computer Science) advances teaching and research in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), with a particular focus on reinforcement learning and robotic control systems.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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@ucl.ac.uk is heading to China!

UCL partners with top Chinese institutions to tackle global challenges, from health to AI.

Learn more about #UCLandChina: bit.ly/455CJ5W

Watch this video from last year's visit: bit.ly/3OrddAE
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM