University College London
The Royal Free and University College Medical School offers degrees in medicine which take six years to complete.[52] UCL has offered courses in medicine since 1825 but the current medical school is a merger of two other schools, that took place in 1998 .[53]
Clinical medicine is primarily taught at three hospitals in London; University College Hospital, The Royal Free Hospital and The Whittington Hospital. University College Hospital is one of central London's largest NHS hospitals and is part financed by the university.[54] UCL's hospital facilities are located around Bloomsbury but the main hospital facility, including accident and emergency, is located on Euston Road. In 2004 work began to rebuild the main hospital, most of the work is now finished with the final extension due for completion by 2008.[55] UCL also operates its own medical research company called UCL Biomedica.[56]
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Students' accommodation
Many UCL students are accommodated in the college's own halls of residence or other accommodation, such as those below:
- Arthur Tattersall House (115-131 Gower Street)
- Astor College (99 Charlotte St)
- Campbell House East and West (Taviton Street)
- Ifor Evans & Max Rayne Student Residences (109 Camden Road)
- Frances Gardner House and Langton Close (Gray's Inn Road)
- John Tovell House (89 & 93-7 Gower Street)
- John Dodgson House (Bidborough Street)
- Ramsay Hall Student Residence (Maple Street)
- Schafer House Student Residence (Drummond Street)
- James Lighthill House (Pentonville Road)
- Goldsmid House will close in 2008, as the land is to be developed into offices, shops and apartments due to its prime location on Oxford Street. The building is named after Sir F.H. Goldsmid, a treasurer of the University in the 19th century.
Most students in college or university accommodation are first-year undergraduates. The majority of second and third-year students and postgraduates find their own accommodation in the private sector. UCL students are also eligible to apply for places in the University of London intercollegiate halls of residence, such as Connaught Hall. There is also limited UCL accommodation available for married students and those with children at Bernard Johnson House, Hawkridge, Neil Sharp House and the University of London's Lilian Penson Hall.[57]
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University College London Union
The union, founded in 1893, has a credible claim to be England's oldest students' union.[58] Today the union exists to provide a wide range of services to UCL students. It is run by elected student officers, and supports a range of services, including numerous clubs and societies, sports facilities, and an advice service, as well as a number of bars, cafes and shops.[59]
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King's College rivalry
Main Article Student Rags
UCL has a long-running, mostly friendly rivalry with King's College London. UCL is often referred to by students from the latter using nicknames such as the "Godless Scum of Gower Street", in reference to a comment made at the founding of KCL, which was based on Christian principles. UCL students and staff also refer to King's as "Strand Polytechnic" in a similar attitude. Historically the university rivalry was known as 'Rags'.[60]
KCL's mascot, "Reggie", was lost for many years in the 1990s. It was recovered after being found dumped in a field, restored at the cost of around £15,000 and placed on display in the students' union.[61] It is in a glass case and filled with concrete to prevent theft, particularly by UCL students who once castrated it. (KCL, to be fair, had also stolen one UCL mascot, Phineas).[62] It is often claimed that KCL students played football with the embalmed head of Jeremy Bentham. Although the head was indeed stolen, the football story is a myth which is denied by official UCL documentation about Bentham found next to his display case (his Auto Icon) in the college cloisters. The head is now kept in the college vaults.[63]
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Ethical investment policy
UCL's ethical investment policies exclude direct investment in tobacco companies. The policies do not exclude investment in arms companies. In 2006 Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) revealed that UCL was the largest known university investor in arms companies in the UK. UCL currently invests £1,591,627 in the companies Cobham plc and the Smiths Group (both of which manufacture components for military aircraft and other weapons systems). This sum amounts to 1.7% of UCL's total investment assets.[64]
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Filming at UCL
Due to its position within London and the historical nature of the UCL Main Building and quad, UCL has been used as a location for film and television recording.
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Gallery
 Ramsay Hall of Residence, Maple Street, London |
 The College Cloisters inside the UCL Main Building |
 The UCL Quad, part of the main campus, in front of the UCL Main Building |
 The Jeremy Bentham common room inside the UCL Main Building |
 The UCL Main Building is the centre of the UCL campus |
 The UCL Main Building at night |
 The UCL Main Building in snow |
 UCL Bedford Way - The building houses the psychology department and some of the geography department. It adjoins the Institute of Education |
 An example of student accommodation - UCL's Newest Hall of Residence — Frances Gardner House in Kings Cross |
 The Flaxman Gallery, a collection of sculptures and paintings by artist John Flaxman is located inside the 'main library' in the Octagon building under UCL's central dome |
 Jeremy Bentham overseeing the construction of UCL in the Flaxman gallery inside the 'main library' |
 UCL Entrance on Gower Street and the Cruciform Building opposite |
 UCL Institute of Archaeology, on Gordon Square |
 UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, on Taviton street |
 The new building and tower of University College Hospital, seen from Euston Road |
 Schafer House a hall of residence of University College London. It accommodates 369 students. It was opened in 1995. |
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- ^ UCL Library Services - Main Library
- ^ UCL Library Services - Cruciform Library
- ^ UCL Library Services - Environmental Studies Library
- ^ UCL Library Services - SSEES Library
- ^ UCL Library Services - Special Collections Library
- ^ UCL Library Services - Special Collections A-Z Directory
- ^ UCL Library Services - Special Collections Library
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- ^ Welcome to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
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- ^ Royal Free & University College Medical School
- ^ Royal Free & University College Medical School
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- ^ University College Hospital Recent building work due 2008
- ^ Suspended Domain
- ^ Accommodation
- ^ Landmarks
- ^ UCL Union
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External links
^ The Sunday Times University Guide. The Times (2005). Retrieved on 2006-09-09.
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