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The UK's first fully open access university press.

Launched in 2015, UCL Press has quickly established itself as a high-quality open access university press. We have published more than 240 open access books, and also publish 14 open access journals. Find out more about what else we do.

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6 million book downloads and counting...

UCL Press books have been downloaded more than 6 million times in 246 countries and territories worldwide.

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NEW! Open access textbooks

Introducing a brand new programme of open access textbooks, for undergraduate and postgraduate courses and modules, across a variety of disciplines Find out more about this exciting new programme.

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Open Access Academic Journals

Our open access journals cover a broad range of topics across the humanities and social sciences – including 5 open access journals focusing on education.

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A new way to publish...

Introducing UCL Open: Environment, a new interdisciplinary open science journal that publishes environment-related research – now open for submissions!

NEW CALL FOR PAPERS! Special series on Community Responses to Climate Change. Find out more.

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June 2022 open access books

June brought us pioneering feminists, a timely reassessment of how we look at debt, and a fascinating look into heritage and sustainable development.
June 30, 2022
May 2022 open access books

From conversations about the things that really matter in life and London's mega-events to how we can rebuild public confidence in educational assessment and tales of a glorious career in academia,...
May 31, 2022
UCL Press participates in OpenUP ECR (Early Career Researcher) monograph initiative

UCL Press has joined a collaborative pilot project with five other well-established, quality-led University Presses from the UK to seek funding for a number of first books by UK-based early career ...
May 27, 2022
Press release: Six UK university presses launch OpenUP Early Career Researcher (ECR) Monograph initiative

Six well-established University Presses from the UK (including UCL Press) are proposing a collaborative project to secure funding for a number of first books by UK-based early-career researchers. L...
May 27, 2022
UCL Press books exceed 6 million downloads!

We are delighted to announce that UCL Press books have been downloaded more than 6 million times, just 8 months after celebrating the milestone of 5 million downloads.
May 16, 2022
February 2022 Open Access Books

Ah, February! The month of where the world stops to celebrate and appreciate love. Our true love, of course, is open access, but we hope that you'll find something new to love amongst the six new o...
March 01, 2022

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A Tribute to Professor Marcelle BouDagher-Fadel

UCL Press is saddened by the recent death of Professor Marcelle BouDagher-Fadel, whose landmark books Biostratigraphic and Geological Significance of Planktonic Foraminifera and Evolution and Geolo...
July 04, 2022
June 2022 open access books

June brought us pioneering feminists, a timely reassessment of how we look at debt, and a fascinating look into heritage and sustainable development.
June 30, 2022
From ‘bare life’ to ‘moving things’: on the materiality of (forced) migration

Contemporary social life under the conditions of global capitalism is fundamentally determined by things. This human–thing relationship seems quasi-natural. Things are, of course, essential in carr...
June 20, 2022
Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Selected Writings

Today sees the publication of a brand new open access book of Millicent Garrett Fawcett's writings edited by Prof Melissa Terras and Elizabeth Crawford. The first scholarly appraisal of Fawcett in ...
June 09, 2022
Is Inclusion an illusion?

This week saw the publication of an important new open access book for anyone interested in inclusive education: The Inclusion Illusion: How children with special educational needs experience main...
June 07, 2022
May 2022 open access books

From conversations about the things that really matter in life and London's mega-events to how we can rebuild public confidence in educational assessment and tales of a glorious career in academia,...
May 31, 2022

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