Geraint Rees

Brussels last night: alongside @profgeraintrees.bsky.social, the @ucl.ac.uk delegation reconnected with alumni and took steps towards re-establishing a more formal UCL alumni group in the city.

With #UCL200 approaching, it felt like an early celebration of our global community.

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UCL and Université Paris-Saclay strengthen partnership to accelerate breakthrough in cancer research UCL and Université Paris-Saclay expanded discussions on doctoral training and research collaboration during a UCL senior delegation visit to mainland Europe this week, at a meeting hosted at CentraleS...

@profgeraintrees.bsky.social met partners at @univparissaclay.bsky.social, with a Letter of Intent signed to deepen doctoral collaboration.

Discussions included a PhD co-supervision pathway building on work with @gustaveroussy.fr.

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#WorldCancerDay

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UCL is now #3 in the QS Europe 2026 rankings. As @profgeraintrees.bsky.social noted, this reflects the “enduring value of European collaboration”.

Next week, Professor Rees will lead a senior academic delegation to France and Belgium, with alumni engagement in Switzerland.

#UCLEurope

Second book of 2026 finished. Think I now need a bit of variety before tackling the rest of the Culture series…

UCL welcomes news that UK is to rejoin the Erasmus student exchange scheme In December 2025 it was announced that the UK would be rejoining the Erasmus student exchange scheme. Find out more about UCL's plans to apply for participation in the programme.

UCL is delighted that the UK will be rejoining the Erasmus scheme.

Prof Geraint Rees, Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement) said: "For @ucl.ac.uk Erasmus is much more than a mobility scheme - it is a gateway to deep partnerships across Europe."

#Erasmus #UCLEurope

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First book of 2026 completed - time to try and read the entire Culture series!

UCL staff recognised in New Year Honours Congratulations to members of UCL’s community who have been recognised in the New Year Honours 2026, including two academics, an economist and an engineer, who received Damehoods.

Congratulations to all of my fabulous @ucl.ac.uk colleagues recognised for their achievements! Their talent and application in research and scholarship continue to make a difference to people across the world....

UCL staff recognised in New Year Honours www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/de...

Thirty-third book of 2025 finished - nice easy read

Thirty-second book of 2025 finished - a melancholy and slightly meandering read

Very proud of the whole community @ucl.ac.uk and @uclenterprise.bsky.social in working to create this breadth and depth of impact and benefit to citizens in the UK and across the world. Looking forward to 2026!

Great to see this impact from our Grand Challenge of Justice and Equality over nearly a decade!

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

🚀 Just launched! UCL's Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality Impact Report

Celebrating the work of researchers & partners from UCL & beyond to address inequality in all its forms, locally, nationally & globally.

🔗 Find out more & read the report: https://bit.ly/3Ma61e9

Ten days left to apply to be a @crick.ac.uk Early Career Group Leader

Closing date 27th November

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@ucl.ac.uk leaders, including @profgeraintrees.bsky.social, visited Singapore to advance partnerships in health, AI and innovation — meeting A*STAR, NUS, NTU, and SingHealth, announcing the first UCL–NUS fund recipients, and engaging alumni.

#UCLSingapore
#UCLHealth

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Novo Nordisk shares slump after drug failure in Alzheimer’s trial Outcome is blow to one of Europe’s largest listed companies

Novo Nordisk shares slump after drug failure in Alzheimer’s trial www.ft.com/content/ecab... via @ft

Thirty-first book of 2025 finished - last long haul sector of the year for this terrific story and thank you to @johnwilliams.bsky.social for the excellent recommendation!

I'm looking forward to the upcoming "Journal of Adversarial Poetry"

At the Reach Alliance Conference in Singapore, @profgeraintrees.bsky.social took part in the Leaders Roundtable on universities creating impact and announced that UCL will host the Reach Conference in London in November 2026. We also highlighted two UCL student case studies. #UCLSingapore #UCLHealth

@ucl.ac.uk is in India today! Join us as we share updates from the visit and stories of our collaborations. Led by Vice-Provost
@profgeraintrees.bsky.social, our team will strengthen ties with key partners.

#UCLandIndia

Explore UCL’s connections with India: www.ucl.ac.uk/global/regio...

This is figure 1 from “Human biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined.” It shows total biomass movement of land animals and birds.

Human biomass movement may be up to 40 times greater than that of all land animals combined, according to research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. A second Nature Communications paper finds that wild mammal biomass has more than halved since 1850. go.nature.com/4oID33i go.nature.com/3LhSD7n 🧪

End of a wonderful week in the Okavango Delta and so thirtieth book of 2025 finished - extraordinary tale of Anna the Norwegian duck woman

More flying (holiday this time) means twenty-ninth book of 2025 finished. More readable than the first in this series, very enjoyable…

@ucl.ac.uk @profgeraintrees.bsky.social met @tsinghuauniversity.bsky.social President Li Luming and Vice President Wang Hongwei to advance health & AI collaboration.
Discussions focused on the proposed Joint Centre at Changgung Hospital and expanding research collaboration.

#UCLandChina
#UCLHealth

At the Beijing Health Forum, @profgeraintrees.bsky.social delivered a keynote highlighting @ucl.ac.uk’s healthcare innovation and international partnerships, aligned with the forum theme: Innovation without Borders, Health for Our Shared Future.

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Long pair of flights today so twenty-eighth book of 2025 also finished!

On my way back from Beijing, twenty-seventh book of 2025 finished. Just terrific - a highly readable reflection on the China (and the America) of today.

Twenty-sixth book of 2025 finished - what a book! Short, punchy, packed with irony - a guide to the present

Twenty-fifth book of 2025 finished - just in time for my trip to Beijing this week

Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.

Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Good luck to everyone taking part in the Royal Parks Half this morning. Not me this year, but was my first half so remember it fondly!