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Our UCL East campus on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, offers exciting new multi-disciplinary degrees focused on tackling the biggest challenges facing people and our planet.
UCL, UAL (University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion), Loughborough University London, Here East, Plexal, Lendlease and the London Legacy Development Corporation make up the founding partners of SHIFT – an initiative to open up innovation opportunities to more people both locally and around the world.
The founding partners are together working with more than 250 knowledge-intensive organisations on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, including both large scale international firms and a strong start-up and entrepreneurial scene that has more than doubled in size since 2017.
SHIFT focusses on supporting innovative solutions to the major challenges of city life:
- Responding to the climate emergency
- Boosting health and wellbeing
- Upgrading Mobility
How to get involved
For UCL community members interested in connecting with SHIFT, please contact Simon Magness – s.magness@ucl.ac.uk
East Bank
The East Bank is the UK’s newest cultural quarter at the heart of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Comprisitng of V&A East, Sadler’s Wells East, UAL’s London College of Fashion, BBC Music Studios and UCL. Together the partners seek to create new opportunities and outlets of entertainment, inspiration and discovery in and around East London.
How to get involved
For UCL community members interested in connecting with the East Bank partners, please contact Simon Magness – s.magness@ucl.ac.uk