UCL Press News & Views
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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?
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.