UCL Alumni

04/09/2026

Your time at university shaped your current path, and now your experience can help guide others 🙌

If you graduated this time last year, fill out the Graduate Outcomes survey and help future students make an informed choice.

Be sure to check your inbox for an official email from Higher Education Statistics Agency with the survey.

02/09/2026

What does life after work actually look like? It can mean stepping back – or, it can mean rediscovering long-lost passions, returning to university or training for a new vocation. ✨

At our recent UCL Connect event, Life after work: how to make the most of your retirement, alumni panellists Dr Margaret Mountford, Tanya Chakravarti, and Huw Williams joined chair Prof Paul Higgs to discuss how leaving full-time work gave our alumni fresh opportunities to learn, reconnect, and reinvent themselves.

Head to the link below to read their candid lessons on staying curious, building community, and shaping a purposeful next chapter👇
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/alumni/stories/2026/aug/never-stop-learning-ucl-alumni-share-stories-and-lessons-life-after-work

01/09/2026

UCL researchers have co-developed a new toolkit to support educators in teaching responsible AI globally.

The AI Research Foundations Toolkit, developed with colleagues at the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, is a suite of educational tools which embed and build on online courses developed by Google DeepMind. Google DeepMind was co-founded by UCL alumnus Sir Demis Hassabis.

The toolkit is designed for lecturers anywhere to adapt to their classrooms. It includes over fifty hours of flexible lesson plans, coding notebooks, and case studies developed in collaboration with educators and researchers across Africa.

Rather than focusing purely on machine learning algorithms, the curriculum integrates technical training with ethics, philosophy, and social responsibility to help students build technology that aligns with societal values.

Read more:

A new suite of educational tools to embed Google DeepMind’s no cost online global curriculum on how to build and fine-tune large language models (LLMs) has been developed by UCL and AIMS.

31/08/2026

Back to Bloomsbury is just around the corner! 🏛️✨

On 9 and 10 September, our alumni community is coming together on campus to mark UCL’s bicentenary and kick off our third century. From live student performances and the UCL200 Exhibition: Two Centuries Here, to catching up over drinks and hearing cutting-edge research insights, it is set to be an extraordinary two days.

Stay tuned to our page throughout the week as we share highlights, stories, and behind-the-scenes moments!

30/08/2026

Neurosurgeons at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), UCLH - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, have used real-time artificial intelligence during live surgery to safely remove a pituitary brain tumour and protect a patient's sight.

Developed at the UCL Hawkes Institute and funded by the NIHR and Google, the AI analysed live surgical video feeds to help the team navigate critical blood vessels and optic nerves where a single millimetre of error could cause blindness.

The patient, 48-year-old Rhys Hibbert, had previously lost peripheral vision due to the tumour, but experienced an immediate, dramatic restoration of his sight and was walking independently within a week of the operation. This breakthrough clinical trial highlights how UCL-developed technology is enhancing surgical precision and transforming patient outcomes across the NHS.

Here, we build technology that changes lives.

Read more 👉 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/aug/first-patient-live-ai-assisted-sight-saving-brain-surgery

The first use of artificial intelligence to support a neurosurgeon in real time during live surgery has protected the sight of a man having a brain tumour removed, in a UCL-UCLH collaboration.

27/08/2026

winner is here 🏆

Huge congratulations to Yunfei Gao, winner of this year’s photography competition!

Selected from a fantastic range of submissions across our global alumni community, Yunfei’s winning image stood out to our judging panel for its striking composition and creative approach.

As the winning entrant, Yunfei will receive a £200 donation to the UCL Student Support Fund made on their behalf. This contribution will help provide financial assistance to current students, creating a meaningful impact across our community.

Big thank you to all our alumni who took part in the competition and shared photos from their time at UCL 📸

26/08/2026

If you graduated this time last year, we want to hear from you! 🫵

Whether your time at university led you straight into full-time work, further study, or a completely non-traditional path – your reality matters.

The Graduate Outcomes survey takes just 10 minutes to complete, but its impact is huge. By sharing your journey today, you'll help future students make an informed choice about what and where to study, powering national resources like Discover Uni and Prospects. 🌍

Keep an eye on your inbox – the official survey invitation from the Higher Education Statistics Agency lands next week!

25/08/2026

Exciting news for the future of cleaner transport!

UCL has appointed Professor Thomas S. Miller as the inaugural HORIBA Chair of Advanced Propulsion Technologies in the Faculty of Engineering. A renowned materials scientist and electrochemist, Professor Miller will help bridge fundamental science and industry to drive cleaner travel solutions.

This new role is made possible through our philanthropic partnership with Japanese measurement and analysis solutions manufacturer HORIBA, expanding a landmark collaboration dedicated to the decarbonisation of the transport sector. HORIBA is helping to support a senior academic post and two doctoral research students within UCL’s Advanced Propulsion Lab.

Here, we bring cutting-edge research to the real world.

Read more about the partnership: https://www.horiba.com/gbr/company/news/detail/news/8/2026/20260825-ucl/

24/08/2026

UCL alumni can now grab discounted tickets to UCL! The Musical for just £15! 🎟️✨

Join us at the Bloomsbury Theatre (24–28 Nov) to watch our talented students and recent graduates bring 200 years of university history to life on stage.

Book your tickets here: https://studentsunionucl.org/articles/ucl-musical-200-years-in-making

Two hundred years of history. One catastrophic mistake. Twenty-four hours to save UCL. When student Connie accidentally signs away the future of UCL, she and long-suffering archivist Clive are thrust into a race against time. With the help of a fiercely determined historian, the pair must dive deep....