UCL Alumni

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[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

Here, it will happen ✨

As we mark 200 years of UCL, we are thrilled to launch #HereItWillHappen – a campaign to solve global challenges through research, education, and the power of our community.

Learn more: https://t.co/Vym39ymJon

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

The UCL unit where Nobel laureate Sir Demis Hassabis completed his postdoc has secured funding for the next five years 👏

The Gatsby Charitable Foundation and Wellcome have renewed £112.5 million of support for neuroscience and machine learning at UCL.https://t.co/067cA881Sg

[UCL Innovation and Enterprise @UCLEnterprise]

We're delighted that Hamza Buhari has been recognised in Faces of @ucl.

Hamza made the most of entrepreneurship opportunities at UCL and is now helping to drive healthcare innovation in Nigeria.

Read Hamza's Faces of UCL profile: https://t.co/4NDaqJSJ7u

#UCL200 #FacesofUCL

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

Transforming research into real-world care 🏥

UCL is co-leading a new £22m partnership to improve health and social care.

NIHR Applied Research Collaboration London will unite NHS trusts and universities to tackle key social and healthcare priorities. https://t.co/YZAzOliMz0

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

This August, our alumni groups hosted send-off events across the world in 18 cities for incoming students ���� Big thank you to our alumni volunteers for their time and effort in making new students feel supported and extending a warm UCL welcome ��

👉 https://t.co/OJa4gz7UgS

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

At our autumn graduations, we caught up with producer Alison Owen (UCL English BA 1982) as she received her Honorary degree.

Watch the video to find out how her time at UCL set her on her path, and her advice for new grads breaking into the film and TV industry 🎥

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

This September, we launched #HereItWillHappen in San Francisco 🌉

Hosted by UCL President & Provost Dr Michael Spence and Vice-President (Advancement) Angharad Milenkovic, the event brought together alumni and friends for a night of celebration!

👉 https://t.co/GoWlKvJPFG

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

Proud to see UCL named one of the UK's top universities for knowledge exchange for the sixth year running 🏆 #KEF6

Our students and alumni have launched over 410 startups in the last 5 years, driving investment, creating jobs and spearheading innovation👇 https://t.co/6r0zg4Jfwf

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

It's #WorldMentalHealthDay and we’re revisiting a piece from Portico Magazine tracing how the UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services team grew from a small basement office into one that supports a community of more than 50,000 students.

👇 https://t.co/gyYII6qA8N

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

This time last month, Back to Bloomsbury happened right here on campus, bringing hundreds of alumni together to celebrate our bicentenary and look ahead to UCL’s next chapter 💜

Watch the reel to catch the highlights, and read the full story below 🔗
https://t.co/Vc5HMfoNEM

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

Huge congratulations to UCL alum Fatima Jafar (UCL Comparative Literature BA 2020) on being named a 2026 Poetry Foundation Fellow! 🎉

Find out more: https://t.co/i17V6d74gM

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

Earlier this year, alumni, supporters and friends joined us in Beijing and Hong Kong to celebrate #UCL200 and the launch of our campaign #HereItWillHappen.

We're getting ready for our last campaign launch event of the year in Singapore, book now
👉 https://t.co/i1EQsJVp2f

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

Join us back on campus for The Wonders 200 – a special bicentenary edition of UCL Engineering’s award-winning live theatre showcase.

📅 20 October 2026
🕖 19:00 – 20:30
📍 Bloomsbury Theatre
🎟️ Tickets: £10 (includes a complimentary drink!)

Book now: https://t.co/w3SvfDaogp

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

This month, we caught up with Professor Jean Tirole, who received an Honorary Doctorate at our September graduations.

A Nobel laureate and one of the world’s most influential economists, he shared his take on the global economy and some key advice for the Class of 2026 👇

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

Did you catch the UCL connections in the castle? 🏰

So excited to see UCL alum Hannah Fry and honorary grad Amol Rajan on the season premiere of Celebrity Traitors this week.

Are you backing the Faithfuls or Traitors? Tell us in the comments👇

https://t.co/WZ5HMLnuE5

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

There is no single blueprint for life after graduating. By telling us what you have been up to over the last 15 months, you help prospective students make an informed choice.

Search your inbox for an official mail from HESA to complete the Graduate Outcomes survey.

[Giving at UCL @UCLGiving]

Nearly 4M records of people enslaved across 20 British colonies (1813–1840) are now free to search on @Ancestry.

Made in partnership with UCL, this collection gives descendants a vital way to trace family histories.

Read more👇 https://t.co/x02daPyTfo

[Giving at UCL @UCLGiving]

September is #WorldAlzheimersMonth and we're spotlighting breakthrough UCL research!

UCL researchers have developed a way to cut dementia brain scan times from nearly 18 minutes down to just six and a half minutes without losing image quality.

👉 https://t.co/WRrvtIsMQV

[Giving at UCL @UCLGiving]

September is #WorldAlzheimersMonth and we're exploring how the team at UCL's Alzheimer’s Research UK Drug Discovery Institute (UDDI) are pursuing the next generation of targeted treatments.

Read more: https://t.co/gxMlRVSDcF

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

Introducing our judging panel chairs for the UCL Alumni Awards 🏆

With over 330 outstanding nominations to choose between, our judging panels – comprising of staff, alumni and student officers – have had some big decisions to make!

Meet the panel ⬇️
https://t.co/u0K8sNm8pk

[UCL Alumni @UCLAlumni]

Today is #WorldAlzheimersDay and we're highlighting the ENHANCE project at UCL. Funded by @NIHRresearch, the program combines an app with personalised coaching to help people in deprived areas reduce their dementia risk.

Read more: https://t.co/OhFeedLdb7