UCL Press News & Views

British Educational Association Conference 2025 reading list
September 9, 2025
To celebrate this week’s British Educational Research Association (BERA) Conference in Brighton, we’ve curated a selection of must-read open access books and journals from UCL Press.

New open access books published in August 2025
September 2, 2025
August is traditionally a time to relax – but we haven’t slowed down! Six brand new open access books have landed this month, covering everything from blindness to Soviet youth games, historical travel to democracy.

New open access books published in July 2025
August 6, 2025
July’s sunny weather wasn’t an excuse to relax at UCL Press – we’ve been busier than ever with five new open access books! Covering topics from historical memory and mental health to kinship, sensory heritage, and literary masculinity, these titles a…

Help us understand the impact of Encountering Pain
August 5, 2025
Have you downloaded Encountering Pain? Would you be happy to take part in a short survey about the impact of this work? If so, we’re looking for your help!

Call for Proposals: Exploring Narrative Competence in History Education
July 31, 2025
History Education Research Journal (HERJ) invites scholars, educators, and researchers to contribute to a new open access special series set for publication from mid-2026: Narrative Competence, History & Responsibility.

UCL Open Environment now indexed in Scopus
July 29, 2025
We are delighted to share that UCL Open Environment has been accepted for indexing in Scopus, one of the world’s leading abstract and citation databases. This milestone follows a rigorous evaluation process and marks a significant step in the journal…

Call for papers: The Loss of the ‘Social’ in Social Pedagogy and Social Work?
July 23, 2025
The International Journal of Social Pedagogy (IJSP) invites practitioners, researchers and educators to contribute to a new special series: ‘The Loss of the ‘Social’ in Social Pedagogy and Social Work?’

Call for Applications: Editor-in-Chief of UCL Open Environment
July 22, 2025
UCL Press is inviting applications for the role of Editor-in-Chief of UCL Open Environment, an open access journal dedicated to publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed research that addresses the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.

ICCEES 2025 World Congress reading list
July 21, 2025
To mark the ICCEES 2025 World Congress at UCL in London this week, we’ve put together a reading list of essential open access books from UCL Press. If you’re attending, Dr Chris Penfold, our commissioning editor, will be there to talk you through our…