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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…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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