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Ancient DNA is transforming how we understand human history.
Join us 15 May for the 9th Annual @ucl.ac.uk Lecture on Climate and Human History with Prof David Reich: tinyurl.com/ucl-reich
#UCLGeography #AncientDNA
This is a fantastic opportunity for potential partners to find out more about more about @uclsocialdata.bsky.social's internship programme 👇
🔗 tinyurl.com/stcsdi
#Internships #Events #UCL #UCL200 @ucl.ac.uk
3 weeks! 🕰️
Mud, models & lake chemistry await. Join Dr John Boyle: tinyurl.com/ucl-bat16
#BattarbeeLecture2026 #LakeScience #UCLGeography
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Climate Change: What Must Be Done?
We’re proud to highlight a chapter in this book by @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social, Professor of Earth System Science: 'Anthropocene: How humanity created the current global environmental crisis, and how we can overcome it'
Pre-order: tinyurl.com/jgwrg
#climate
Lakes as pollution archives? 🌫️
Discover the chemical history of lakes with Dr John Boyle: tinyurl.com/ucl-bat16
#BattarbeeLecture2026 #EnvironmentalChange #UCLGeography
Paper from my MSc research at @uclgeography.bsky.social is now published in The Holocene. Read it here: doi.org/10.1177/0959...
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For a decade, our Internship Programme has partnered with organisations across sectors to deliver real-world impact.
Join us to celebrate this milestone and discover how you can collaborate with top-tier talent from one of the world’s leading universities.
🔗 Book your spot: tinyurl.com/soda10y
Are we heading for a reversal of the magnetic poles and what will it mean for the earth's shields against radiation?
Hear from @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social, Professor of Earth System Science at @ucl.ac.uk, on BBC Inside Science.
Full episode available on BBC Sounds: tinyurl.com/w3ct977d
Happy Orthodox Easter to everyone celebrating 💜
Wishing everybody a very Happy Easter!
Have a Happy Passover!
Meet Dr John Boyle 👋
Discover how lake mud tells the story of environmental change: tinyurl.com/ucl-bat16
#BattarbeeLecture2026 #UCLGeography #Palaeolimnology @ucl.ac.uk
🗺️ Are maps culturally relevant?
Hear from James Cheshire, our Director and Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography the UCL Department of Geography, on The Deep Dive Podcast with Philip McKenzie.
🔗 www.thedeepdivepod.com/250
#Maps #LostMaps #Geography#DeepDive @ucl.ac.uk
🎉 We are proud to announce that UCL Department of Geography has ranked 5th in the world in the QS World Rankings by Subject 2026!
Interested in studying with us? Head to www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Universities must be at the heart of climate action, and have the responsibility and potential to help shape a just climate future 🌱
Tristan McCowan identifies the potential of community partnerships to drive learning exchange and local change.
https://bit.ly/3Ptp5WD
Faces of UCL: Salome Buglass
When Salome decided to explore an overlooked area of the ocean, she uncovered a completely unexpected ecosystem. She continues to explore while mentoring other underrepresented students to do the same.
Read @salomebug.bsky.social's story at tinyurl.com/FacesUCL
Eid-e Nowrooz Mobarak!
Eid Mubarak!
Book your spot for tomorrow's Policy & Practice Seminar!
🔗 tinyurl.com/PostCtix
🎉 Congratulations to the Geography Postgraduate Research (PGR) Representatives who organised and hosted an incredibly successful PGR training event on “Life after the PhD”.
Read about the event: tinyurl.com/PGRGeogD
#Geography #Postgraduate #Careers #Research @ucl.ac.uk
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Looking to acquire data skills this summer?
Learn how to understand survey sampling and weighting, evaluate and design questions, extract meaningful data, and more!
Sign up for UCL Social Data Institute’s Survey Methods and Analysis Course: tinyurl.com/SurveyMethodsAnalysis
#SurveyMethods #Data
This is why you come & do an MSc in Aquatic Conservation @uclgeography.bsky.social. So many crazy creatures & their subfossils expertly drawn!
What do we lose when education becomes an “export”?
Professor Johanna Waters: “The reframing of higher education as primarily an export… prioritises financial concerns over cultural, social & political benefits.”
Find out more: tinyurl.com/ucl-thejow
#HigherEducation #StudentMobility @ucl.ac.uk
Lakes are time machines! ⏳
Join Dr John Boyle at #BattarbeeLecture2026 to uncover how mud records our environmental past.
7 May, 17:00 @ @ucl.ac.uk → tinyurl.com/ucl-bat16
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Policy & Practice Seminar, 19 Mar 2026, 18:15 – 19:30
"The Postcolonial Academy: Knowledge, Memory, and Liberation"
🔗 buff.ly/BPMsyTb
Join us for a panel on universities, empire and postcolonial power, featuring Dr Simukai Chigudu and his upcoming book.
#Policy #SimukaiChigudi @ucl.ac.uk
UCL Geographers David Thornalley, Jack Wharton, Phil Goh, Eirini Papachristopoulou and Rachel Timbs took part in the Eyes on the Ocean outreach exhibition at the Glasgow Science Centre, helping families and young children discover the science of our oceans through activities and demonstrations.
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📝Exam Season Toolkit 📝
Join your SHS Student Advisers in Phineas on Wednesday 18 March between 2pm and 4pm for:
• Revision tips
• Self-care
• Crafting and more!
Sign up: tinyurl.com/RRRbooking
Six out of 10 older people in England view climate change as a serious risk, with only one in 17 (5.8%) dismissive of climate change concerns 🌍🌱 www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...
💧 Earlier this year, residents, river users, and local organisations gathered at UCL East for a participatory workshop exploring lived experiences of crisis along the River Lea.
Read about the workshop: tinyurl.com/RiverLeaW
#Environment #Rivers #Geography #RiverLea
Climate action is health policy.
@profmarkmaslin.bsky.social outlines four ways climate action could improve health and reduce poverty worldwide.
Read via @theconversation.com : tinyurl.com/ucl-four
#ClimateAction #PlanetaryHealth #UCLGeography @ucl.ac.uk