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UCL Grand Challenges has awarded a total of £223,756 in funding to 36 projects to stimulate cross-disciplinary collaboration across @UCL and beyond and generate impactful solutions to a range of societal issues. Find out more 👇 ucl.ac.uk/grand-challeng…

Following the successful #ParliamentBuildingsConf Part II last week, @SophiaPsarra of @BartlettArchUCL reflects on the conference's final panel: A rare conversation with four of the worlds leading architects in the design of parliaments. ucleuropeblog.com/2021/02/22/mak…

My blogpost on a rare conversation with 4 of the world's leading architects in the design of Parliament buildings at the #ParliamentBuildingsConf . Chaired by Jeremy Melvin with @AHMMArchitects @FosterPartners @EMBT and @RSHParchitects shorturl.at/htCF5

We had two days of stimulating presentations at the second event of the #ParliamentBuildingConf exploring Parliament Buildings and political culture @UCL_EI @UCL_GCCU with Claudia Sternberg and @ukstaiger

Thanks to all who joined us for an engaging first day of the #ParliamentBuildingsConf! Join us for Day 2, which finishes with a brilliant panel of architects who have designed and built contemporary parliament buildings in the UK and Germany. 👉mailchi.mp/ucl.ac.uk/parl…

Learn more about politics and parliament buildings at the #ParliamentBuildingsConf with @BartlettArchUCL, tomorrow and Friday! Sign up: parliamentbuildings.org.uk/conference/

The study by UCL Grand Challenge of Cultural Understanding Working Group member @ProfLakhanpaul and Prof Anna Gupta will focus on children’s mental and emotional health and well-being following the disproportionate socioeconomic and psychosocial impact of the pandemic. More 👇

🚨 Join us Thursday and Friday for the #ParliamentBuildingsConf, a two-day virtual conference exploring the architecture of power, accountability and democracy in Europe. Click for details about some of the brilliant speakers: mailchi.mp/ucl.ac.uk/parl… @SophiaPsarra

Want to find out more about the “Parliament Buildings Conference", organised by @SophiaPsarra (@BartlettArchUCL), @ukstaiger and Dr Claudia Sternberg (@UCL_EI), and supported by @UCL_GCCU? 🏛️ Watch "Inside The Parliament - The Architecture of Democracy" 👇vimeo.com/504783324

We discussed with Members of the UK Parliament+the German Bundestag how Architecture+Democracy shape one another particularly during #CovidUK @GrahamRiach @UCL_EI @SpaceSyntaxNet Watch “3 MINUTES CUT - #Vimeo vimeo.com/495518479

Parliament Buildings Conference: 18-19 February🏛️ Join researchers, architects, and politicians for an engaging series of talks and thought about our political institutions and the buildings which house them. 👉parliamentbuildings.org.uk @BartlettArchUCL @UCL_GCCU @SophiaPsarra

UCL Culture is excited to bring you a new series of virtual events to lift your spirits and explore the emotions we’re missing during lockdown. Our first is Laughter as Medicine with Prof @sophiescott, World Slam champion @harrybakerpoet & DJ @DeDomenici ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-…

This year’s @Yale-@ucl university #poetry competition provided a powerful platform for students to share their reflections on Covid-19. 👏 Congratulations to the winners: Jamie Hale, Anna Vignola and Sarah Wong 👏 Read more: bit.ly/2O6l2Qk @uclnews

In this week’s episode, host @vivienneparry discusses homeschooling, play, parenting and home-working - and how to juggle them all - with UCL experts @drleatongray @IOE_London, Prof Lorraine Sherr @UCLGlobalHealth and Prof @JohnPP @uclknowledgelab #COVID 👇bit.ly/36ulRsq

Our new Activist-in-Residence programme is now open, bringing at least one key activist into UCL for a funded 6-month period. Deadline for applications: 12 Feb See website for details: ucl.ac.uk/racism-raciali…

CLOSING TOMORROW! Last chance to apply to our joint funding call, The UN SDGs: Pathways to Achievement, with @UCL_GC! £10,000 is available for projects that generate societal impact for the UN SDGs. ⬇️ ucl.ac.uk/global/un-sdgs…

🔔FUNDING DEADLINE ON WEDNESDAY! Just a few more days until the deadline for our funding calls! Find out more about our Special Initiatives funding, Doctoral Students' Small Grants scheme, and the Green Recovery from COVID call with @Environ_Domain here: ucl.ac.uk/grand-challeng…

18-19 February: Part 2 of the #ParliamentBuildingsConf, convened by @SophiaPsarra. Register for this engaging two-day conference about our political institutions and the buildings which house them. ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🚨Registration is now open for Part 2 of the #ParliamentBuildingsConf! 🏛️Join us Feb 18-19 for an engaging conference about our political institutions and the buildings which house them. 👉Book now: bit.ly/3oV5A78 @SophiaPsarra @marianapestana_ @UCL_GCCU