UCL Press News & Views

Space Syntax, a collection of the late Bill Hillier’s work that reflects the progression of his influential ideas across his career, published in April. One of the volume’s editors, Professor Laura Vaughan, reflects on Bill Hiller’s legacy, the futur…

The European European Accessibility Act (EAA) comes into force in June 2025. Angela Thompson, UCL Press Production Editor, writes about a recent training course that she attended, and the recent changes that UCL Press has implemented to make content…

Join a free online discussion on how we think about ‘authorship’ for AI-assisted writing, where the boundaries might lie, and what the future might look like.

Like the x-ray permeating objects to reveal internal structures, photographs permeate museum practices at all levels- but do we really know what photographs are ‘doing’ in museums?

Join a panel of expert speakers online to learn about the Open Journal Collective, a new diamond OA journal model, how it came to light, what it offers and why it is needed. 📆 June 3rd 2025 🕐 2 – 3:30pm BST Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sca…

June marks 10 years since UCL Press was founded as the UK’s first fully-open access university press. Join us to celebrate 10 years of award winning publishing!

Another busy month for the UCL Press books team, with 5 brilliant new open access titles spanning everything from architecture to COVID-19, classics and race to children’s play.

To mark the BSA Conference 2025 in Manchester, we’ve put together a reading list of essential open access books in Sociology from UCL Press.

After a dark, wet Winter, Spring has finally sprung. We’ve had a very busy month on the book front, with a bumper crop of seven new open access titles.