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UCL Press participates in OpenUP ECR (Early Career Researcher) monograph initiative

May 27, 2022

UCL Press has joined a collaborative pilot project with five other well-established, quality-led University Presses from the UK to seek funding for a number of first books by UK-based early career researchers each year. OpenUP has been approved as a…

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The Antarcticness of mental health and wellbeing

February 10, 2022

Today’s guest post is by Ilan Kelman, editor of Antarctiness, which published this week. Its companion volume, Arcticness, published in 2017.

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UCL Press Open Access Textbooks: Call for Proposals

May 16, 2017

Following the successful open access publications of Textbook of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Key Concepts in Public Archaeology, UCL Press is expanding its textbook publishing programme. It now invites applications from UCL academics to su…

UCL Press to host biennial University Press Redux conference

November 30, 2016

UCL Press is delighted to announce that it will host the next University Press Redux conference, to be held in Spring 2018.  Following the success of the founding conference, organised by Liverpool University Press (LUP) and held in March 2016,…

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A Tribute to Lisa Jardine (12 April 1944–25 October 2015)

October 26, 2015

Today’s guest post, which celebrates the life and legacy of the late Lisa Jardine, is written by Lara Speicher, UCL Press Publishing Manager. 

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UCL Press joins UK Publishers Association

September 21, 2015

UCL Press is pleased to announce that it has joined The Publishers Association. 

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UCL Press Join Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

September 14, 2015

We are delighted to announce that UCL Press has joined the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers. Formed in 1972 with 24 society members, the ALPSP has more than 315 members in 39 countries and is the largest international t…

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The Museum, The Centenary, The Book

June 5, 2015

About a year ago, it dawned on the staff of UCL’s Petrie Museum that the centenary of our opening was not far off. To mark the occasion the team decided that a souvenir publication would be fitting tribute for such an internationally renowned collect…

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