Opportunities for researchers, academics and students

UCL East Community and Cultural Engagement

For researchers and academics

UCL East Community Board

The UCL East Community Board brings community expertise into UCL, ensuring that the ways we work in our spaces and in our local communities is collaborative and mutually beneficial. The Board enables us to tackle challenges from different perspectives.

• UCL East Community Board

Community and cultural engagement

Funding, training and networking opportunities are available to UCL staff and post graduate research students. They provide support for engagement activities and partnership opportunities with our east London communities.

• Funding, training and networking

Public art programme

We seek to transform how the world is understood and add value to the experiences of everyone who uses or visits the campus. Discover our commissioned art installations from established practitioners, to student residencies and interdisciplinary matchmaking opportunities, 

• Public art and collections at UCL East

Students' Union UCL

For all students

Community Research Initiative

Make a difference with your masters dissertation or PhD thesis. We can connect you with London’s voluntary sector to share knowledge and ideas, to help shape your research around a current community need.

• Read about Community Research Initiative

Volunteering opportunities

Join the 2000 students who have volunteered their time this year by working with London communities. You'll learn new skills, meet new people and make a real difference to this incredible city.

• Learn about volunteering

Social Hackathons

Social Hackathons are solution-creating events that connect UCL volunteers with local not-for-profit organisations. Students placed within local charities learn from professionals to gain valuable first-hand insight into Third Sector careers.

• Discover Social Hackathons

Engaging with schools and young people

UCL East Schools Engagement

The team supports schools in Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, and Waltham Forest, with a wide range of subject-related and extra-curricular activities. If you would like to discuss opportunities to get involved, find out more and get in touch.

• Engaging with schools and young people

UCL Widening Access and Participation

For students, find out about our programmes to work as a Student Ambassadors, Postgraduate Taster Presenters (for Master's and PhD students), or Language Ambassadors. For staff, resources and funding are available for running Access and Widening Participation activities.

Engaging with business and industry

UCL East connections

UCL East provides new spaces for collaborative thinking that transcends the boundaries of traditional academic activities. Find out about existing connections with local industry partners and explore opportunities for new ones.

• Email ucleast@ucl.ac.uk or contact the Philanthropy or Partnerships teams.

UCL London

Our work in east London aligns with our overall approach and action in London - making a far-reaching economic, health, environmental, cultural and social contribution to our home city.

• Find out about UCL London

UCL Innovation and Enterprise

Every thriving business, life-saving medicine and revolutionary technology begins as an idea. Innovation and Enterprise work with UCL staff and students and organisations to turn knowledge and ideas into the solutions that benefit us all. 

• Access support, training and advice