UCL Press News & Views
Facing the challenges of shared parental leave
November 6, 2024
To mark the publication of Caring is Sharing? Couples navigating parental leave at the transition to parenthood by Katherine Twamley, we are proud to share an extract exploring the competing pressures that prevent couples from taking up shared parent…
Episode 4 of the Greatest Good now available!
November 5, 2024
UCL Press Play is delighted to announce the release of the fourth episode of the podcast series The Greatest Good.
New series editor for FRINGE series
November 4, 2024
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Uta Staiger as a new series editor of the FRINGE series.
New open access books published in October 2024
November 1, 2024
As Autumn closes in, we’ve had a busy month publishing 4 new open access books which cover everything from inclusion, diversity and innovation in translation education to the surprising ways that many people use their mobile and smartphones for healt…
CfP: Engaging Communities in City-making book series
October 31, 2024
To celebrate World Cities Day, UCL Press is delighted to announce a call for proposals for the open access Engaging Communities in City-making book series, edited by Barbara Lipietz, Sarah Bell, Tadhg Caffrey and Pablo Sendra.
Episode 3 of The Greatest Good now available!
October 29, 2024
UCL Press Play is delighted to announce the release of a brand new episode of the podcast series The Greatest Good, which explores the lasting influence of the philosopher Jeremy Bentham, whose radical progressivism was the intellectual inspirat…
An Anthropological Approach to mHealth: interview with Professor Daniel Miller
October 28, 2024
To mark the publication of An Anthropological Approach to mHealth, which is available to readers all over the world as an open access download, we are delighted to publish an interview with one of the book’s editors, Professor Daniel Miller.
UCL Press journals: Community over commercialisation
October 25, 2024
As International Open Access Week comes to a close, the journals team consider this year’s theme ‘Community over Commercialisation’, and reflect how to better serve scholarly communities. Ian Caswell, UCL Press Journals Manager, explains more.
OA Textbooks: UCL Press Perspective
October 24, 2024
In celebration of open access week, Dhara Snowden, UCL Press Textbook Programme Manager, shares her insights on the growing significance of open access textbooks, their role in the broader landscape of open access publishing and the future of the UCL…