Academic Careers Office at UCL

Text reads: UCL ranked #3 in Europe. QS World University Rankings Europe 2026.

UCL has risen two places to be named third best university in Europe according to the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2026. 🥉 This achievement reflects our extensive European partnerships across research, education, and innovation.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3LHcuxz

Register now! The @ucl.ac.uk Advanced Therapies Symposium returns on 22 April 2026. This event brings together 250+ researchers, clinicians, funders & industry to explore breakthroughs from lab to market. More info: bit.ly/4j8kjIL

@uclenterprise.bsky.social @uclb.bsky.social

Target Product Profile (TPP) training 2026 is open!
Learn to create effective TPPs for translational research, regulatory positioning & commercialisation strategies.
📅 24 Mar | 23 Jun | 22 Sep
⏰ 11:30–12:15 | Online | UCL staff/students
👉 Register: bit.ly/3Mi0ZMV
@aco-ucl.bsky.social

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

We’re at the @ucl.ac.uk Clinical Academic Trainee Symposium today! If you’re attending, we’d love to see you. Explore the practical support the TRO can offer and learn how to accelerate your research from lab to market.
About the TRO: bit.ly/4c1puWx
@uclenterprise.bsky.social @aco-ucl.bsky.social

Cultural Understanding Small Grants Call 2025/26 Funding of up to £5,000 is now available for impactful, interdisciplinary projects that address the theme of Cultural Understanding.

Applications open: Cultural Understanding Small Grants 2025/26
We're offering up to £5,000 for interdisciplinary projects that explore Cultural Understanding. Open to UCL staff.

🗓 Apply by 20 Oct 2025
🔗 More info: https://shorturl.at/kNx4q

🧠 Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay
At UCL Grand Challenges, we’re spotlighting research that’s driving change—from early intervention to wellbeing in schools, hospitals, and workplaces.
Explore how we’re shaping policy and practice: https://bit.ly/46zVlfm
#MentalHealth #UCL

Can (and should) we cure blindness? Recent years have seen incredible advances in eyesight restoration. But should we approach blindness as something that needs to be 'cured'? Comedian Tom Skelton, who started losing his sight at 21, ex...

This #WorldSightDay we share a short film for BBC ideas, in partnership with UKRI, featuring work by 3 @ucleye.bsky.social researchers: PhD student Zaynab Butt, Dr @amandajcarr.bsky.social and pioneering eye researcher Professor Pete Coffey who passed away in June 2025. www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c4gd5...

Target Product Profile (TPP) training is now open for registration.

Learn to create TTPs for your translational research development and funding success.

Wed 22 Oct | 11:30–12:15 | Details: bit.ly/47X4Qrr

@aco-ucl.bsky.social

Join our interactive online workshop: ACCELERATE Success: Grant Writing for Translational Research. Open to all @ucl.ac.uk researchers!

8 Oct 11.30am Register: bit.ly/4pxt6qB
5 Nov 11.30am Register: bit.ly/4gGiIbY

@aco-ucl.bsky.social
#translationaltraining

🎧 New episode of Public Health Disrupted: Ageing Playfully!

Join @thewrittenro.bsky.social, Dr Carrie Ryan (UCL Arts & Sciences) and Rachel Colles (Hearts & Minds) as they explore how play can disrupt conventional narratives around ageing, and reveal its deeper meaning and joy.

📢 UCL academics

Deadline approaching for @ucl-global.bsky.social Partner Funds!

Collaborate on joint projects with @ucl.ac.uk partner institutions in China, Japan, India, the US and Australia.

Apply now: bit.ly/3ThJ1eb

@uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social @uclenterprise.bsky.social @aco-ucl.bsky.social

Welcome to all new UCL students, and welcome back to returning students! 🚀

If you're a new student at UCL, come along to our 'become a successful entrepreneur at UCL' introductory event on 1 October, 3.30-5.30pm.

Book your place: bit.ly/4miWy1C

#10YearsBaseKX

New UCL-exclusive translational funding calls launching this Oct!
🔬Inspire Innovation Fund (Health): £20K–£80K
🤝 The TINs Industry Club joint funding: £40K

Read more: bit.ly/46rIRXk . Sign up to TRO newsletter for update: bit.ly/3XTmfJp

Still spaces on this workshop!

Algorithmic Innovation and Entrepreneurship

UCL community: get 20% off tickets for the AE Global Summit on Open Problems for AI, 28-30 October in London!
Join 1,000+ experts exploring how AI can drive value across society.
🎟️ Code: UCL20
👉 https://tickets.algopreneurship.org/UCL

Target Product Profile (TPP) 22/10/2025: Sign-up Form Please click the link to complete this form.

Exploring Enterprise Creation Workshop- Weds 22nd Oct

Learn how to create effective Target Product Profiles for translational research development planning, regulatory positioning, commercialisation strategies and increase
chances of funding success.

Sign Up:
form.jotform.com/252584431286...

🎙️We’re excited to welcome Dr Marina Romanello, Executive Director of the Lancet Countdown at UCL, to speak at our upcoming Global Health Seminar Series.

📅 14th Oct, 12:00-13:00
💻 Online
🔗 Register: buff.ly/cbj0FwY

#GlobalHealth #UCLSeminars

The Mentoring for Medical Innovation programme is now open for applications [deadline: 13 Oct]! This exclusive opportunity pairs @ucl.ac.uk researchers with leaders in medical innovation to gain support for translational research. For details: bit.ly/41KEi97
@aco-ucl.bsky.social

A smiling woman in a lab coat and safety glasses stands in a laboratory. Text reads: “Setting a bold new standard for how sustainability is taught, learned and lived”. The UCL logo is in the bottom left and “Be The Ripple” appears at the bottom right in purple and white text boxes

For 200 years, UCL has tackled the world’s most pressing issues.

Now, that legacy has never been more vital.

Our Sustainability Plan (2025-35) is leading into the future, collectively.

The ripple starts here. Be part of the change 👉 https://direc.to/nvRa

Early career research fellowship case study: Lecturer in Digital Culture and Technology Read Dr Ned Barker's case study on early careers fellowships.

Applying for funding can feel daunting — so I’ve shared a short reflections on my experience applying for a Leverhulme ECF

If you’re thinking about applying (or supervising someone who is), I hope it offers some useful insights

🚨 Applications now open for Defra’s 2026 R&D Fellowship Programme!

Join us to tackle major policy challenges using science & analysis.

🗓 Deadline: 16 Sep
📺 Webinar: 4 Sep, 13:30
🔗 Apply: https://defrajobs.co.uk/vacancies/research-and-development-fellowships-2026-27/

🎧 New episode of Public Health Disrupted!

In this episode @xandvt.bsky.social & @thewrittenro.bsky.social explore the public health benefits of a four-day work week with @joeryle.bsky.social & UCL’s @annahci.bsky.social.

💼 Less burnout 💡More productivity ❤️ Better wellbeing

@4dayweek.bsky.social

Talent Gateway programme 2025

Applications are open for the Talent Gateway Programme 2025! Funded, flexible placements (2 weeks to 6 months) for researchers, technicians & professional staff to build cross-sector collaborations: www.ucl.ac.uk/therapeutic-...

#TalentGateway2025

CEPEO ADRUK Introduction to Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data Join us for this online intro to the datasets comprising LEO, including university applications and the businesses in which individuals work

Any plans for Tuesday 30th Sep and Wednesday 1st Oct?

In collaboration with Administrative Data Research (ADR) UK, we are running an online and FREE training course as an introduction to the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset.

More details + sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

Active Minds: Exploring the Links Between Student Lifestyles and Mental Health In the third episode of our Mental Health & Wellbeing mini-series, host Jade Hunter speaks with Dr Flaminia Ronca, Evie Watson, and Katie Sykes about the Active Minds Project at UCL, an innovative pil

How can moving more help students feel better & think more clearly? In the latest episode of Disruptive Voices, we explore the Grand Challenges-funded Active Minds project, uncovering the powerful connections between physical activity, sleep, & student wellbeing. bit.ly/3URWPw0

🧑💻 Need help with your research code or data?

Pop into our online drop-in – Mon 11 Aug, 3–4pm on Teams.

Details: buff.ly/7jPoc8L

#UCL #ResearchSupport #ARC

Applications are open for the Talent Gateway Programme 2025!
Funded, flexible placements (2 weeks to 6 months) for researchers, technicians & professional staff to build cross-sector collaborations.🔗bit.ly/3H6DVhQ
#TalentGateway2025
@ucl.ac.uk @aco-ucl.bsky.social @herts.ac.uk , NPL

Join our free interactive online workshop:
ACCELERATE Success: Grant Writing for Translational Research
Wed 5 Nov | 11:30–12:30
Register: bit.ly/4f3RDP2
Open to all UCL researchers!
@aco-ucl.bsky.social