UCL Press News & Views
Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures receives commendation at The Architecture Book of the Year Awards
December 10, 2025
We are delighted to announce that Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures has been awarded a commendation in the Technical category at the Architecture Book of the Year Awards in London. Launched in 2023 by The Worshipful Company of Chartered Ar…
Book talk: Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain’s Colonial Past
December 9, 2025
Join the authors of Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain’s Colonial Past for a hybrid book talk hosted by the Institute of Historical Research.
UCL Press to publish the Survey of London series
December 2, 2025
UCL Press is pleased to announce that it will be publishing the Survey of London series in open access, beginning with University College London: The Bloomsbury Campus, which is due to publish in Spring 2026.
COP30 reading list
November 21, 2025
As COP30 comes to an end, we’ve pulled together a selection of open access books and journals tackling the big questions on climate change, environmental justice and sustainable futures.
World Children’s Day reading list
November 20, 2025
Celebrate World Children’s Day with our collection of open access books on childhood, inequality, play and early education. Free to read and share.
Introducing UCL Press Play’s second season
November 4, 2025
How well do we really understand the human mind? That’s the big question at the heart of the new season of UCL Press Play.
History Day 2025 reading list
November 4, 2025
To celebrate History Day 2025 at London’s Senate House this week, we’ve put together a reading list of essential open access books in history.
Introduction to Bentham’s Defence of Sexual Liberty: Season 1 of UCL Press Play
October 29, 2025
Learn more about the academics who join Professor Philip Schofield to discuss their work in the first season of UCL Press Play.
OASPA Conference 2025: Embracing the Complexity – how do we get to 100% OA?
October 24, 2025
UCL Press Head of Publishing Lara Speicher recently attended the OASPA Conference 2025, where open access advocates, publishers, librarians and researchers from around the world gathered to explore the future of scholarly communication. The conferenc…