UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

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The Bartlett in new UCL200 publications 📖

As part of UCL’s bicentenary celebrations, the Bartlett has contributed to two major books marking two centuries of ground-breaking discoveries and architectural history.

🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/news/2026/feb/bartlett-features-ucl200-publications

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Shape the future of the Bartlett ECR Network 🚀

Early Career Researchers: want a network that supports your research, development & wellbeing? Join our session on 17 March to help define the network.

🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/mar/bartlett-ecr-network-help-build-network

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Want real consultancy experience this summer? ✨

Join BABF and tackle live built environment challenges alongside fellow Bartlett students.

⏳ Apply by 27 March: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=_oivH5ipW0yTySEKEdmlwjoaBpNsjTdPq-g9sP_gvIxUNUJPVTZJUzNNMFFBVFEwVkZOSFZMV1AxUC4u

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Scholarship: The Aziz Foundation 🎓

In partnership with The Bartlett Promise, The Aziz Foundation is offering three master’s scholarships for 2026–27.

📍 Secure a master’s: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/study/postgraduate
🔗 Details: https://www.azizfoundation.org.uk/university/the_bartlett_ucl/

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New publication on the history of regional planning 📘

Co-authored by Bartlett academics, 'Regions in Evolution' offers the first comprehensive account of the development of regional planning.

🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2026/feb/regions-evolution-history-regional-planning

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Congratulations to Julia Prescot CBE 🎉

The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction's Honorary Professor has been appointed the new Chair of NISTA Council of Expert Advisers.

🔗 Read the full announcement: https://bit.ly/4a9JY0S

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LGBTQ+ venues are spaces of community, culture & belonging 🏳️‍🌈

This LGBTQ+ History Month, Prof Ben Campkin highlights their importance in shaping inclusive cities in the UCL200 publication.

📖 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/ucls-bicentenary/ucl200-publications/ucl-200-two-centuries-insight-and-impact

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Delivering placemaking and housing in central London 🏙️

Join our next Public Lecture with David Joyce, Corporate Director of Housing & Regeneration at Tower Hamlets council on 19 March.

🔗 Book now: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/mar/delivering-placemaking-and-housing-central-london

UN-Habitat Executive Director delivers keynote 🌎

Anacláudia Rossbach reflected on the importance of people-centred approaches to housing policy & delivery.

🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/news/2026/feb/un-habitat-executive-director-anaclaudia-rossbach-bartlett-development-planning-unit

Fairer ways to feed the UK 🍽️

New citizen science and community projects show how communal dining facilities could help reshape society in this new Bartlett Review article by By Dr Hanna Baumann and Joseph Cook.

🔗 https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/fairer-ways-to-feed-the-uk/index.html

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Faces of UCL: Lewis Murphy 🌟

From Maths student to Light and Lighting MSc at the Bartlett and Arts Officer at Students' Union UCL, Lewis helped build a thriving creative community, and now supports future student leaders.

🔗 https://lnkd.in/e3nu-n2c

Making better use of London’s green spaces From nature buffs to keep-fit fanatics, everyone uses green space differently — so how can we make these spaces work for Londoners?

Making better use of London's green spaces 🍃

Research from Dr Irene Pluchinotta, Prof Nici Zimmermann & Dr Gemma Moore explores how different factors shape how people use green space.

🔗 Bartlett Review: https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/making-better-use-of-londons-green-spaces/index.html

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Thank you to everyone who joined our latest Public Lecture at the Bartlett School of Planning with Professor Simin Davoudi. She explored how planners, researchers & communities can shape more transformative urban futures. 💡

🎥 Watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95MYNnXStzs

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In recognition of UCL's Bicentenary, Faces of UCL provides a powerful snapshot of the people who have contributed to 200 years of ground-breaking innovation.

Stay tuned for Bartlett spotlights: Ruth Glass, Gertrude Leverkus and Lewis Murphy.

🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/ucls-bicentenary/faces-ucl

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Calling all Bartlett ECRs 🌟

Help shape a network that’s made for you, by you. Join our session on 17 March to co-design the Bartlett ECR Network – a hub for connection, peer support & professional growth.

🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/mar/bartlett-ecr-network-help-build-network

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Film Screening & Panel Q&A 🎬

Join Students’ Union UCL on 16 Feb for Power Station, a documentary on community energy & climate resilience.

🎟️ £5 students / £10 staff & external
👉 Book: https://studentsunionucl.org/whats-on/events-activities/power-station-film-screening-community-energy-qa-panel

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Applications open! 🌍

The Bartlett Promise Sub‑Saharan Africa Master’s Scholarship widens access to built environment education. Apply by 29 March.

🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/study/scholarships-and-funding/bartlett-promise-scholarship/bartlett-promise-sub-saharan-africa-masters-scholarship

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What will you see at Two Centuries Here? 🕰️

The new exhibition showcases stories, artefacts, photography and interactive experiences tracing UCL’s past, present and future. Free entry.

🔗 Read more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/events/2026/feb/two-centuries-here-ucl200-exhibition

#UCL200

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We’d love your book recommendations! 📚

To mark LGBTQ+ History Month, UCL Library Services is compiling a community-curated reading list celebrating LGBTQ+ life, culture and creativity.

🗓️ Submit your recommendations by 20 February:
https://ucl-global.libwizard.com/f/LGBTplus2026

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LGBTQ+ History Month: Queering Urbanism 🌈

Revisit Queering Urbanism, an online series by B.Queer at the Bartlett, connecting queer & trans studies with urban practice and foregrounding equity in the built environment.

🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXfN7Y3ObDvre4NGaqrO_a5XkyYwqYnwQ

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Bartlett Policy Impact Award success 🌟

Congratulations to Prof Haim Yacobi & The Shared Homeland Paradigm: Reimagining Space, Rights & Partnership in Palestine–Israel team on receiving the 2025–26 award for their research developing future scenarios for Palestine–Israel.

Making better use of London’s green spaces From nature buffs to keep-fit fanatics, everyone uses green space differently — so how can we make these spaces work for Londoners?

Making better use of London's green spaces 🍃

Research from Dr Irene Pluchinotta, Prof Nici Zimmermann & Dr Gemma Moore explores how different factors shape how people use green space.

🔗 Bartlett Review: https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/making-better-use-of-londons-green-spaces/index.html

Three people seated on an outdoor stone bench, smiling and talking. One holds a laptop, another wears headphones around their neck. Trees and the historic architecture are visible in the background.

Scholarship: The Aziz Foundation 🎓

In partnership with The Bartlett Promise, The Aziz Foundation is offering three master’s scholarships for 2026–27.

📍 Secure a master’s: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/study/postgraduate
🔗 Details: https://www.azizfoundation.org.uk/university/the_bartlett_ucl/

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The Bartlett wins national EDI award 🏆

Named joint winner in the Best of University category at Inspire Future Generations Awards, recognising the impact of our EDI & widening participation work.

🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/news/bartlett-wins-national-award-equality-diversity-and-inclusion

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Visit Queer Britain 🖼️

Join B.Queer and explore queer histories, culture & creativity at Queer Britain.

📍 26 February, 4:00–6:00 pm

🔗 Sign up: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=_oivH5ipW0yTySEKEdmlwq13Gm8t27FGoGSAMaORU7FUM0YxMUVVTUVINVVYS1dPTjU2OVRPOE9VUy4u&route=shorturl

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Lunar New Year at the Bartlett 🐎

Celebrate the Year of the Fire Horse with students & staff this Friday. From calligraphy workshops to performances by UCL ECHO, the afternoon is free & open to all, so drop in!

🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/feb/lunar-new-year-bartlett

CASA's Ruth Neville has been announced as one of ten 2026 UCL Policy Fellows, co‑delivering projects for local needs. Ruth is among six Local Authority Policy Fellows, supporting policy development at Newham Council through population trend analysis.

Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/cj7aenwa

If you're applying for our Connected Environments MSc, don't miss the UCL East Postgraduate Open Evening, featuring a specialist space tour of the Connected Environments Lab.

📍 UCL East, Marshgate
🗓️ 17:00 - 19:30, Wednesday 25 February

Register now: bit.ly/3O0VBPb

Portrait of Julia Prescot CBE

Congratulations to Julia Prescot CBE 🎉

The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction's Honorary Professor has been appointed the new Chair of NISTA Council of Expert Advisers.

🔗 Read the full announcement: https://bit.ly/4a9JY0S

Happy 200th birthday, @ucl.ac.uk! 🎉

To mark the bicentenary, the Survey of London team at the Bartlett School of Architecture has published the first comprehensive account of UCL's architectural history.

Available now in-store and as a free download via UCL Press: https://bit.ly/4bMEzy7
#UCL200