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UCL Special Collections retweeted
On visual poetry and artist books and Verse Verso symposium at @Warburg_News  with @mccabio Rachel Smith   @UCLSpecColl Gefn Press @Timewriter01 Gustavo Grandal Montero, Andrew Morrison warburg.sas.ac.uk/blog/egidi…
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UCL Special Collections retweeted
For #ArmisticeDay2024 we share a new piece by @IOE_London student intern reflecting on student life in #WW2 @UCLAlumni @UCLSpecColl studentsunionucl.org/article…
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Pia Russell, Liberating Collections Fellow (2023) compares #historicaltextbooks (#British and #Canadian) from our #historicaltextbooks collection and writes about the necessity of #decolonising the school #curriculum. #textbookresearch blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll…
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UCL Special Collections retweeted
What's not to like??! Baking History - for lovers of content, edible or not. Tickets are going like hot cakes.. xitter.cf/UCLSpecColl/status/185…
Love writing? Love baking? Come join our creative writing workshop for @NewhamStories. Explore writing about baking in UCL’s Special Collections. Write a recipe or baking poem to tell your own story. Enjoy baked goods! FREE, Tuesday 12 November 5.30pm: tinyurl.com/yeyr6crs
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UCL Special Collections retweeted
Explore writing about baking, culture and identity with historic rare books and archival documents from @UCLSpecColl. 🔵 Book free at: newhamfestivalofstories.org/… @NewhamLibraries @NewhamLondon @ace__london @Discover_Story
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7- This owl who is a #fridaymood seen in @UCLSpecColl
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UCL Special Collections retweeted
📢OYP2025: “FREEDOM IS...” 🌈🕊️🤸📚🌱✍️ 'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four.' Inspired by Orwell, we want you to consider what freedom means to you. Enter by 5th March for personalised feedback. Final deadline 30th April. orwellyouthprize.co.uk
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Year 9s, 10s, and 11s come on down to UCL East for our Writing and Talking Saturday Club - develop your writing and talking skills through a wide range of activities! Sign up here: bit.ly/UCLSaturdayClub
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The Gen UCL team @ProfGinaB & @SamBlaxland visited @School_Pharmacy archives yesterday to use its excellent collection of student publications & society minute books ahead of #WorldPharmacistsDay2024 & our final research push @UCLSpecColl @UCLAlumni ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/call…
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Final call for @UCLAlumni, staff & others to share memories, stories, objects or archives for our book on #Student life in #London since 1826 @SamBlaxland. We’ve had an amazing response to date with new materials donated to @UCLSpecCol: ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/call…
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Calling our @ucl & #EastLondon community - do you have a @UCLEast story or experience to share? Visit & contribute to this historic time capsule and online exhibition from our MA Public History students. Closing soon! Visit: buff.ly/43ZQnHe @UCLHistory @UCLSpecColl
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UCL Special Collections retweeted
George Orwell's notebook observation "At 50 everyone has the face he deserves" was probably his memo of a phrase he had read. His notebook can be read online, made available by the Orwell Archive at University College, London. ucl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/…
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OPENING TOMORROW at 6pm! Showcasing diverse, multidisciplinary knowledge & methodologies from our Public History & Global Urbanism MA students. Explore zines, websites, interpretative installations, photography and moving image! Get your free ticket: eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-practi…
The Practice II Student Showcase opens at the @ucl Urban Room on 28 August! Showcasing our students' diverse, creative approaches to understanding today's social challenges, related to colonial legacies, urban change & belonging. Book your free ticket: bit.ly/4cuz2IV
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UCL Special Collections retweeted
Book now for 'Oral Histories of Institutions & Communities' @UCLSpecColl, where our Assistant Archivist Emily will be speaking on #oralhistory in Higher Education archives Thursday 12th September @ 1pm @ucl eventbrite.co.uk/e/oral-hist…
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UCL Special Collections retweeted
UCL Special Collections and the School for the Creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI) at UCL East are working with the London Borough of Newham to transform Canning Town Old Library into a valuable community asset @UCLSpecColl @UCL_SCCI ucl.ac.uk/library/news/2024/…
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Pleased to announce a free event at @UCL on 12 September exploring #oralhistory of institutions and communities, inside and beyond higher education. Organised by Generation UCL project & @UCLSpecColl #students #histed Full info eventbrite.co.uk/e/oral-hist…
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UCL Special Collections retweeted
One amazing day! And there's so much more to come from #UCLFoE24 this Friday and Saturday on our @UCL Bloomsbury campus in central London. See you there! xitter.cf/UCLEngineering/status/…
Yesterday, the Festival of Engineering took over @UCLEast. Young people from local schools and members of the public joined us for a day of lab visits, tours, and fun experiments, to learn how engineering at @ucl is changing the world right here in @noordinarypark.🦾 #UCLFoE24
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UCL Special Collections retweeted
#Sustainability isn't new - from the medieval period onwards, manuscripts were reused in decoration, binding and much more. Need an example? See this description from @UCLSpecColl on Archives Hub! #ExploreYourArchives archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/searc…
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