The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU)

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The landscape of international development is changing 🌍 DPU hosted an alumni roundtable with UN, NGO & gov leaders alongside @glo_pro on the dramatic changes in global aid. 📘 Read the report: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/node/…

🎓 Congratulations to the Class of 2025! 🎓 On Monday, we celebrated our brilliant undergraduate students at The Bartlett’s 2025 Graduation Ceremony. We can’t wait to see where your journeys take you next. Check out some highlights below 📸👇

Celebrating a Decade of Urban Knowledge for Inclusive Development! 🎉 From 1 project in 2015 ➡️ 48+ studies by 2025 From 4 communities in Freetown ➡️ 15+ across the city + provincial towns Thank you to our partners and to the communities at the heart of everything we do!

A new report from @dpu_ucl has found that despite their strong interest in urban issues young people face significant barriers to engagement in formal governance processes. 📄 Read more: buff.ly/fcF1B31

We're hiring! 💼 We're looking for a Graduate Teaching Assistant to support our course leaders with academic administration, teaching inputs & more. 📍 Graduate Teaching Assistant MSc Social Development Practice 📅 Closes: 07 September 2025 🔗 Apply: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

The landscape of international development is changing 🌍 DPU hosted an alumni roundtable with UN, NGO & gov leaders alongside @glo_pro on the dramatic changes in global aid. 📘 Read the report: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/node/…

We're hiring! 💼 We're looking for a Graduate Teaching Assistant to support our course leaders with academic administration, teaching inputs & more. 📍 Graduate Teaching Assistant MSc Social Development Practice 📅 Closes: 07 September 2025 🔗 Apply: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

🎉 Exciting news! Sunny Kumar Gupta, an incoming Urban Development Planning MSc student, has been awarded the prestigious Inlaks Scholarship that supports young Indian graduates. 🌍🏅 He’ll focus on planning with communities, not just for them. 🔗 inlaksfoundation.org/community/upda…

This #InternationalYouthDay, we celebrate youth advancing cooperation through tech & partnerships. Through #YUPCities, young people in Lebanon & Indonesia are co-creating digital platforms to shape urban governance & civic life! @FondationBotnar @dpu_ucl @kotakitaorg

🏆 Congrats to Dr Paroj Banerjee on receiving the @USForg Seminar Series Award for her project, 'Epistemes of non-dominant inhabitation: a seminar series for early-career and under-represented scholars to decentre urban knowledge'. 🔍 Learn more: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/news/…

#OpenAccess Special Issue @TheCAMH Debate Liza Griffin (@dpu_ucl) et al. explore urban versus rural environments – which is better for #MentalHealth? and call for readers to consider quality, typology & space in greenspace strategies for mental health. bit.ly/4htVXH1

A new report from @dpu_ucl has found that despite their strong interest in urban issues, young people face significant barriers to engagement in formal governance processes. Read more: buff.ly/fcF1B31

💬 “Becoming the first in my family to earn a master’s means becoming a role model for girls like me.” Effie Atieno’s story is one of purpose, perseverance & opportunity, thanks to The Bartlett Promise Sub-Saharan Africa #Scholarship. 🔗 Read more: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/devel…

Read our 2023 report in partnership with @CatalyticAction and supported by @MENASP1 ⤵️ 🔗catalyticaction.org/wp-content/upl…

📸 Did you miss our DPU Photography Competition winning entries? These three images capture urban life during our overseas practice engagements. 🥇 Serra Utkum Ikiz – São Paulo, Brazil 🥈 Jingzhi Fen – Marrakech 🥉 Bennedictus Bagustantyo – Cebu, Philippines

🎉 Exciting news! Sunny Kumar Gupta, an incoming Urban Development Planning MSc student, has been awarded the prestigious Inlaks Scholarship that supports young Indian graduates. 🌍🏅 He’ll focus on planning with communities, not just for them. 🔗 inlaksfoundation.org/community/upda…

🏆 Congrats to Dr Paroj Banerjee on receiving the @USForg Seminar Series Award for her project, 'Epistemes of non-dominant inhabitation: a seminar series for early-career and under-represented scholars to decentre urban knowledge'. 🔍 Learn more: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/news/…

🎬 DPU Short Film Competition 2025 We're rounding up our showcase from this year's competition with our winning short film. 📍 Dinhi sa Yuta (Here on Earth) – Cebu, Philippines ▶️ Watch now: youtu.be/aHisgSx6hL4 Thank you to all our students for their submissions! 👏

🎬 DPU Short Film Competition 2025 This year's runner up created by BUDD MSc students, investigates São Paulo’s housing landscape using "precarious togetherness" and the framework of Rhythms of Negotiation. 📍 Rhythms of Negotiation ▶️ youtu.be/Fx-LrVRZwQo