UCL Press

The World of UCL

Edited by Negley Harte, John North, and Georgina Brewis

ISBN: 9781787352933

Publication: May 21, 2018

Open Access PDF £0.00 Paperback £30.00

What is this?

From its foundation in 1826, UCL embraced a progressive and pioneering spirit. It was the first university in England to admit students regardless of religion and made higher education affordable and accessible to a much broader section of society. It was also effectively the first university to welcome women on equal terms with men. From the outset UCL showed a commitment to innovative ideas and new methods of teaching and research.

This book charts the history of UCL from 1826 through to the present day, highlighting its many contributions to society in Britain and around the world. It covers the expansion of the university through the growth in student numbers and institutional mergers. It documents shifts in governance throughout the years and the changing social and economic context in which UCL operated, including challenging periods of reconstruction after two World Wars.

Today UCL is one of the powerhouses of research and teaching, and a truly global university. It is currently seventh in the QS World University Rankings. This completely revised and updated edition features a new chapter based on interviews with key individuals at UCL. It comes at a time of ambitious development for UCL with the establishment of an entirely new campus in East London, UCL East, and Provost Michael Arthur’s ‘UCL 2034’ strategy which aims to secure the university’s long-term future and commits UCL to delivering global impact.

Negley Harte is Emeritus Senior Lecturer of History at UCL. He is interested in three main areas of British history: the origins of industrialisation; textile production and consumption (sixteenth to nineteenth centuries); and the history of higher education.

John North was appointed Assistant Lecturer in UCL’s Department of History in 1963, where he taught Greek and Roman History for 40 years. Since 2003 he has been Emeritus Professor of History.

Georgina Brewis is Senior Lecturer in the History of Education at the UCL Institute of Education. She is a historian of higher education, youth and voluntary action and teaches History across UCL. She is also a member of the International Centre for Historical Research in Education (ICHRE).

Foreword
Author’s note to the fourth edition
1 The Foundation: 1825–28
2 The University of London: 1828–36
3 University College: 1836–78
4 The Admission of Women: 1878–1904
5 The Gregory Foster Years: 1904–29
6 UCL in War and Peace: 1929–51
7 The Evans and Annan Years: 1951–78
8 The Years of Expansion: 1978–2003
9 London’s Global University: UCL in the twenty-first century

Format: Open Access PDF

352 Pages

colour illustrations

ISBN: 9781787352933

Publication: May 21, 2018