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Meet the author: The Laissez-Faire Peasant

February 5, 2025

Earlier this month, Jovana Diković’s fascinating open access book The Laissez-Faire Peasant was published.  We caught up with her to talk about her fascinating research in Serbia and Kosovo, why peasants are misunderstood and just why ‘Kill your darl…

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New print distribution arrangements

January 31, 2025

UCL Press is pleased to announce a change in its print and distribution arrangements outside of North America from 1st February 2025. Gardners will become exclusive distributor for all territories outside of North America. Established over 38 years a…

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New open access books published in January 2025

January 31, 2025

2025 has begun in the best way possible- with four brand new open access books!

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Research that resonated: highly cited articles

January 28, 2025

As January comes to a close, the UCL Press journals team is delighted to highlight a collection of popular and highly cited articles from journals including London Review of Education, International Journal of Social Pedagogy, History Education Resea…

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The challenges, issues and controversies of ‘Holocaust education’ 

January 27, 2025

This International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Professor Andy Pearce reflects on the challenges, issues and controversies of Holocaust education in the early twenty-first century. 

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On publishing Memorandoms by James Martin

January 26, 2025

To celebrate Australia day, today’s guest post is by Tim Causer, editor of Memorandoms by James Martin and Principal Research Fellow at the Bentham Project.

Essential journal articles for International Day of Education

January 24, 2025

To celebrate International Day of Education 2025, UCL Press’s journals team share a range of essential articles on this year’s theme: AI in education

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Does class size matter? We’ll get a better answer if we rethink the debate

January 24, 2025

In an era of educational reform, Peter Blatchford and Anthony Russell ask ‘Does class size matter?’

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Palaeontology in Public: Meet the editor

January 21, 2025

Today we are excited to publish Paleontology in Public, edited by Dr Chris Manias. This exciting new book considers the connections between palaeontology and public culture across the past two centuries. In so doing, it explores how these public dime…

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