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The cost of knowledge – funding open access books

October 22, 2026

Lara Speicher examines the opportunities and challenges of funding open access books in a changing publishing landscape.

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Temporary disruption to full book downloads

October 22, 2026

Full PDF downloads from the UCL Press website have been restored following a temporary service disruption. During the outage, book pages remained accessible and alternative download options were available via OAPEN and JSTOR.

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In case you missed it: public histories of student life

October 19, 2026

Georgina Brewis explores changing perceptions of student life and higher education in London, drawing on her open access book Student London.

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Get to know the author behind An Introduction to Science, Technology, Warfare and Peace

October 13, 2026

Learn key information about our new textbook, An Introduction to Science, Technology, Warfare and Peace, from its author Brian Balmer.

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Making accessibility standard in publishing

October 12, 2026

Jaimee Biggins, UCL Press Production Manager, reflects on the Accessible Publishing Conference and highlights key lessons for creating more accessible and inclusive publications.

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UCL Press books now available to download by chapter on uclpress.co.uk

October 8, 2026

UCL Press readers can now download individual book chapters directly from our website, making it quicker and easier to access the content most relevant to them. This new functionality is provided through JSTOR, one of the world’s leading scholarly pl…

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Alex Bloom: an English giant of democratic education

October 7, 2026

Originally published on the IOE Blog, this article by Michael Fielding and Peter Moss explores the legacy of Alex Bloom, the pioneering headteacher who built one of the UK’s most remarkable examples of radical democratic education. Drawing on Fieldin…

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Why publish Open Access?

October 6, 2026

UCL Press was the UK’s first fully Open Access university press, but what is Open Access, and and why does it matter?

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Celebrate World Architecture Day with the Design Research in Architecture series

October 5, 2026

Today is World Architecture Day. To mark the occasion, we’re highlighting the open access Design Research in Architecture series.

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