UCL has one of the foremost university Special Collections in the UK. It is a treasure trove of national and international importance, comprising over a million items dating from the 4th century AD to the present day. Treasures from UCL draws together detailed descriptions and images of 70 of the most prized items. Between the magnificent illuminated Latin Bible of the 13th century and the personal items of one of the 20th century's greatest writers, George Orwell, the many highlights of this remarkable collection will delight and intrigue anyone who picks up this book.
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Welcome to the UCL European Institute's multi-disciplinary blog featuring Europe-focused academic analysis and commentary from UCL academics, students and external contributors
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The podcast of the School of Public Policy and the Department of Political Science at University College London. Through this podcast we plan to explore key themes of contemporary politics and spotlight some of the fantastic research that takes place within our department.
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The public event podcast series from UCL Political Science brings together the impressive range of policy makers, leading thinkers, practitioners, and academics who speak at our events.
Further information about upcoming events can be found via our website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/political-science/political-science
"This volume comprises a curated conversation between members of the Material Culture Section of UCL Anthropology. In laying out the state of play in the field, it challenges how the anthropology of material culture is being done and argues for new directions of enquiry and new methods of investigation. The contributors consider the ramifications of specific research methods, and explore new methodological frameworks to address areas of human experience that require a new analytical approach. The case studies draw from a range of contexts, including digital objects, infrastructure, data, extra-terrestriality, ethnographic curation, and medical materiality. They include timely reappraisals of now classical analytical models that have shaped the way we understand the object, the discipline, knowledge formation, and the artefact"--
This volume comprises a curated conversation between members of the Material Culture Section of University College London Anthropology. In laying out the state of play in the field, it challenges how the anthropology of material culture is being done and argues for new directions of enquiry and new methods of investigation. The contributors consider the ramifications of specific research methods and explore new methodological frameworks to address areas of human experience that require a new analytical approach. The case studies draw from a range of contexts, including digital objects, infrastructure, data, extraterrestriality, ethnographic curation, and medical materiality. They include timely reappraisals of now-classical analytical models that have shaped the way we understand the object, the discipline, knowledge formation, and the artefact.
This volume comprises a curated conversation between members of the Material Culture Section of University College London Anthropology. In laying out the state of play in the field, it challenges how the anthropology of material culture is being done and argues for new directions of enquiry and new methods of investigation. The contributors consider the ramifications of specific research methods and explore new methodological frameworks to address areas of human experience that require a new analytical approach. The case studies draw from a range of contexts, including digital objects, infrastructure, data, extraterrestriality, ethnographic curation, and medical materiality. They include timely reappraisals of now-classical analytical models that have shaped the way we understand the object, the discipline, knowledge formation, and the artefact.
With one billion people on the move or having moved in 2018, migration is a global reality, which has also become a political lightning rod. Although estimates indicate that the majority of global migration occurs within low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), the most prominent dialogue focuses almost exclusively on migration from LMICs to high-income countries (HICs). Nowadays, populist discourse demonises the very same individuals who uphold economies, bolster social services, and contribute to health services in both origin and destination locations. Those in positions of political and economic power continue to restrict or publicly condemn migration to promote their own interests. Meanwhile nationalist movements assert so-called cultural sovereignty by delineating an us versus them rhetoric, creating a moral emergency.
With one billion people on the move or having moved in 2018, migration is a global reality, which has also become a political lightning rod. Although estimates indicate that the majority of global migration occurs within low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), the most prominent dialogue focuses almost exclusively on migration from LMICs to high-income countries (HICs). Nowadays, populist discourse demonises the very same individuals who uphold economies, bolster social services, and contribute to health services in both origin and destination locations. Those in positions of political and economic power continue to restrict or publicly condemn migration to promote their own interests. Meanwhile nationalist movements assert so-called cultural sovereignty by delineating an us versus them rhetoric, creating a moral emergency.
With one billion people on the move or having moved in 2018, migration is a global reality, which has also become a political lightning rod. Although estimates indicate that the majority of global migration occurs within low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), the most prominent dialogue focuses almost exclusively on migration from LMICs to high-income countries (HICs). Nowadays, populist discourse demonises the very same individuals who uphold economies, bolster social services, and contribute to health services in both origin and destination locations. Those in positions of political and economic power continue to restrict or publicly condemn migration to promote their own interests. Meanwhile nationalist movements assert so-called cultural sovereignty by delineating an us versus them rhetoric, creating a moral emergency.
The genesis of the 'impact agenda' in the UK can be traced back to the Thatcher government, which required all public expenditure to be scrutinised, to demonstrate 'value for money' and to show 'efficiency, effectiveness, and economy'. A 1993 white paper, "Realising our potential", detailed this stance with reference to higher education more specifically, although prior work evaluating the impact of higher education on the economy exists (McNicoll 1993). Within universities in the UK, the impact agenda has taken the form of evaluation of academic practice and output. The latest round of the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014), which assesses the quality of research generated by UK Higher Education Institutions included a section for academics to provide evidence of their impact on policy, industry or practice. These are referred to as 'impact case studies', and consist of a description of the research, and of the process through which this led to impact beyond academia. These developments point to a need to capture impact, and to categorise the different impact types, beneficiaries and pathways to impact in order to monitor and support academics in this process. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Impact Acceleration Grant project, hosted at the UCL Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (UCL STEaPP) (thereafter referred to as the STEaPP Impact Project) is a study examining the extent to which and the means by which research undertaken in UCL Departments within the Faculties of the Bartlett, Engineering, and Maths and Physical Sciences (BEAMS) has had or could have an impact on relevant public policy within the UK. As the name suggests, BEAMS academics carry out research on the built environment, architecture, engineering, mathematics and physical sciences. The STEaPP Impact Project aims to map prior and on-going UCL research within BEAMS that impacts or could impact on public policy organisations with science/engineering-relevant portfolios in the UK. The project aims to mapUCL research against central government engineering policy interests and work closely with central government departments (such as the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Department for Transport), the Royal Academy of Engineering and EPSRC staff to produce useful models to enable improved interaction of UCL research with these audiences. This will be achieved through a stakeholder symposium in Summer 2015, at which the results of the qualitative and quantitative analysis will be presented. Representatives of governmental departments and engineering institutions will be invited, along with other policy and private sector actors identified through the case studies and interviews. Academics from BEAMS and related departments will also be invited to participate. Using participatory and collaborative methods we will use this symposium to develop a set of guides for best practice in impact promotion and assessment for UCL and related audiences.