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The official account for news, media & events from the University of London, updated by the central Comms team. We monitor our profiles: https://t.co/BwMt3YAB7D
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Look out! Bloomsbury will be transformed into Gotham City this weekend. To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Batman, the iconic Bat-signal will light skyscrapers and landmarks across the globe including our very own Senate House as the sun sets. @DCBatman #BatmanDay #Batman80
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We send our very best wishes to The @RoyalFamily including our Chancellor, Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal this weekend, as they celebrate the King's Birthday Parade 🎉. #TroopingTheColour
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We are delighted to officially launch our #LeadingWomen campaign. Throughout 2018 we are celebrating the 150th anniversary of #women being first admitted to #highereducation in Britain with a series of events and activities.
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We wish Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal a very happy birthday today!. Her Royal Highness undertakes a large number of public duties and has been Chancellor of the University of London since 1981, being the 10th person to hold the post and the longest serving. @RoyalFamily
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We are proud to share a selection of official photos from our University of London Graduation 2024 🎓. Tuesday afternoon’s ceremony was presided over by Chancellor of the University of London, Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal. @RoyalFamily . #UoLGrad2024
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Our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Wendy Thomson CBE delivered the first-ever commencement lecture at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda during the celebrations for their 73rd Graduation Ceremony. Read the full article:. @Makerere @Wendy_Thomson_.
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Today marks the 70th anniversary of George Orwell’s death and we are celebrating the brilliant writer with a quote from his novel 1984, describing the Ministry of Truth which was inspired by our iconic HQ #UoLSenateHouse.
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We are delighted to share the first official photos from our 2023 Graduation Ceremony🎓. HRH Princess Royal presided over one of the ceremonies, which took place over two days (6-7th of March) at @BarbicanCentre . #UoLGrad2023
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For many of his 27 years of imprisonment, Nelson Mandela studied law as a @LondonU student through distance and flexible learning. Read more about his extraordinary journey:
On this day, 8 June 1964 #NelsonMandela wrote a University of London law exam days before being sentenced to life in prison
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Did you know?. In 1948, George Orwell wrote one of British Literature’s greatest dystopian novels, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and used Senate House as the inspiration for the story’s most significant landmark, the Ministry of Truth. #BookLoversDay
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Our very best wishes to our Chancellor, Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal during this weekend of celebration. #Coronation
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#OnThisDay in 1868, a letter was read in Whitehall approving the University’s decision to accept women. 150 years on, we celebrate the pioneering achievements of Britain’s first women students. #LeadingWomen
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#MappingTheHumanities is now live!. This new tool from @SASNews reveals the extraordinary diversity of the UK arts and humanities research landscape, and makes it easy to find and connect with infrastructure across the country: . @ahrcpress @ResEngland
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On #EqualPayDay we remember pioneering lawyer Helena Normanton - the first woman barrister to practice in Britain (in 1922), she campaigned passionately for women's rights to equal pay. @lauranoakes tells her story on the #LeadingWomen blog
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.@adewale’s acting career has seen him perform in critically acclaimed TV shows including Lost & Game of Thrones, as well as major blockbuster films such as The Mummy Returns, The Bourne Identity & the Oscar-winning Suicide Squad. Read more on his story:
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The University of London is delighted to have awarded honorary degrees to Mary Chinery-Hesse, @GeorgeThePoet, Margaret MacMillan and Joanna David at our annual Foundation Day celebration event last night at Senate House: #FoundationDay2021
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The University of London marked Holocaust Memorial Day with the lighting of Senate House in purple from dusk on the evening of Thursday 27 January 2022 @HMD_UK #LightTheDarkness #HolocaustMemorialDay 💜
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act, a law that gave women in Great Britain and Ireland the vote for the first time. Read how one of our #LeadingWomen, Emily Wilding Davison, and others fought for the women’s vote.
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#OnThisDay in 1949 George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was first published. Orwell used the university's iconic HQ #UoLSenateHouse as the inspiration for the story’s most significant landmark, the Ministry of Truth. @TheOrwellPrize @Orwell_Society
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Happy 119th birthday to art historian, @UCL graduate, @Warburg_News lecturer and #LeadingWomen Dame Frances Yates, born #OTD in 1899. Yates published widely on Elizabeth I, tapestry, Renaissance cosmology and much else besides - read her story here:
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Happy 70th Birthday to our Chancellor HRH The Princess Royal. Princess Anne has been the Chancellor of the University of London since 1981 and is the 10th person to hold the post since our foundation. We hope she has a wonderful day. #PrincessRoyalAt70 @RoyalFamily.
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At the University of London we have a long tradition of welcoming students and staff from the European Union and across the world. Read more in our #BrexitDay message.
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Congratulations to this year's honorary graduates, fellows and #LeadingWomen Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock (@BBCStargazing), Prof Sue Black (@Dr_Black), Dr Tansy A H Davies (@tansydavies), Gillian Wearing (@yourviewsfilm) and Suzanne McCarthy (@DepaulUK). #UoLFoundationDay2018 🎓
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🌈Our rainbow flag flowing beautifully on Senate House. We are proud to be celebrating and supporting #pride. #pride2018
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! We’re flying our #LeadingWomen flag today to celebrate women's access to UK #HigherEducation 150 years ago and their achievements all over the world. Learn more about the campaign:
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The University of London's iconic HQ, Senate House, was lit up in purple last night to mark #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #BreakTheBias2022 💜 💜 💜
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@RoyalFamily If you are watching, keep a look out for the Colonel of the Blue and Royal - Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal.
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Happy birthday to #LeadingWomen Virginia Woolf, born #OTD in 1882! To celebrate, follow in her footsteps with our Woolf-themed podcast, a guided tour of Woolf's Bloomsbury created as part of @RSLiterature's #DallowayDay 🎧 👣 📘 #virginiawoolf
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Some impressions from our fabulous #LeadingWomen launch event in Senate House, re-enacting the first ever 'special examinations' for women in 1868. The campaign celebrates the 150th anniversary of #women being first admitted to #highereducation in Britain.
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We join the @MayorofLondon in paying tribute to the victims of the 7/7 London bombings. Our thoughts are with and their families and friends.
Today marks 15 years since the tragic 7/7 terror attacks in London. Our thoughts remain with all those affected that day. There will always be those who seek to divide us, but our city remains united in spirit. We will never be cowed by terrorism. #LondonBombings
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It's finally here! #NoTimeToDie the new @007 film is released in the UK 🇬🇧 today starring Daniel Craig. Our very own Senate House features in the movie and is the latest in a long line of big screen appearances for our HQ: - Picture credit @tomjr1998 📸
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The University of London is delighted to support this campaign from the @MayorofLondon. Men need to take a leading role in tackling violence against women and girls - it shouldn't fall to women. We should all #HaveAWord
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Please join us in a minute of silent reflection to remember all those that have sadly lost their lives to COVID-19 over the last 12 months and to the loved ones that they have left behind. Senate House will be lit in yellow this evening 💛 #DayOfReflection
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Don't miss @SenateHouseLib's 'Radical Voices' exhibition and event series running from 16 January through March 2017.
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❄️ It looks like a #WinterWonderland this morning in the parks surrounding #UoLSenateHouse. Have you got any magical views from where you are? Tweet us!
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Today we remember writer, @RoyalHolloway graduate and #LeadingWomen Richmal Crompton, who died #OTD in 1969. Best known for her 'Just William' books, she also supported women's suffrage, taught Classics, and wrote 39 other novels 📚 Read her story:
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Help uncover the details of life for Medieval Londoners as part of Transcription Tuesday 2023. The Get to Know Medieval Londoners project, a collaboration between The Centre for Medieval Studies @FordhamNYC @ihr_history @londonu @wdytyamagazine.
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.@UoLondon is celebrating 150 years of access to higher education for women in the UK & was the first university in #ourCommonwealth to allow women to sit ‘special examinations’. Read the inspiring stories of #LeadingWomen from all over the world: 🌐
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It’s #EnglishLanguageDay!📚. Did you know?. In 1948, George Orwell wrote one of British Literature’s greatest novels, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and used Senate House as the inspiration for the story’s most significant landmark, the Ministry of Truth.
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Purr-fect: conference charting relationship between humans & felines is the cat’s whiskers. “The Cat’s Pyjamas” will investigate cats in society, social media, literature, film, TV, music, language, history, and in our every-day lives. @catsconference
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. @wolfsonfdn History Prize nominee @MirandaKaufmann writes for our #LeadingWomen blog about the pioneering women she came across while researching the overlooked stories of Africans in 16th and early 17th-century England. @BlackBritHist
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A very Happy Birthday to our Chancellor, Royal Highness the Princess Royal, Princess Anne. Read her story: #LeadingWomen #RoyalFamily @RoyalFamily
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Inky, a @guidedogs trainee has come to visit us at @Senate_House to get used to office life. #dogsatwork #woofwoofwednesday 🐶
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As the festive season approaches, now’s the perfect time for a crisp, wintry walk accompanied by our new podcast, created by @camdenguides as part of @RSLiterature’s #DallowayDay🎙❄️👣 @eliza_dearnley walks in Woolf’s footsteps on the #LeadingWomen blog
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Happy #StPatricksDay from us here at Senate House. Celebrations may be a lot different this year. We encourage you to stay safe and to look after yourself and others! ☘️💚
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We did it - thanks so much to all team across @UoLondon involved! #gdnuniawards @GdnUniversities #LeadingWomen
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Don't miss @sixteenthCgirl's #ReformationLdn keynote address on Thursday, August 24. Book your ticket now:
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Ready for our Shakespeare season? A unique chance to see the 1st folio from 1623. #7ages2016
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The thoughts and unwavering support of everyone at The University of London are with our Chancellor Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal during this sad and difficult time. Please read her statement below:.
"I was fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest Mother’s life. It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys. "Witnessing the love and respect shown by so many on these journeys has been both humbling and uplifting.". - The Princess Royal.
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We're thrilled to welcome @Bruneluni to the @UoLondon federation from today, 1 October!. Here's to a future of collaboration and innovation across London and beyond.
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. @MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan reassures international students that London remains open to and welcoming of international students from across the world. “London offers a unique and unrivalled educational experience.” #LondonIsOpen #SafeToStayLondon
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August 27 is the anniversary of women gaining access to university education in the UK. #OnThisDay in 1867, the University of London was granted a charter by Queen Victoria, allowing it to introduce the ‘Special Examination for Women’. #LeadingWomen
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.@Warburg_News has appointed Giles Mandelbrote as its new Librarian & Director of Collections. Giles joins @Warburg_Library in July & takes his place in a long line of scholar-librarians stretching back to the Institute’s early years in Hamburg.
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A fantastic weekend read: Ahead of their live discussion at the @britishmuseum on 26 January scientists Prof Colin Blakemore and @mcleish_t are exchanging letters about 'the science of belief'.
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Today we celebrate pioneering geneticist, @UCL graduate and #LeadingWomen Sylvia Lawler, born #OTD in 1922 ⚗️ 🔬 Her research was vital in developing bone marrow transplants, and she became the Institute of Cancer Research's first woman professor in 1980:
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It's #NationalPoetryDay!. To celebrate, we are listening to our fantastic Honorary Graduate George Mpanga (@GeorgeThePoet)😍 . Have you heard George's podcast yet?. Make a cup of tea ☕️ and tune in here: .
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#HappyBirthdayYourMajesty! UoL celebrates its Visitor and Honorary Graduate. @BritishMonarchy @Queen_UK Photo: @PA
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👏 This week, 149 years ago the first "General Examination for Women" took place @UoLondon, the first British university to admit women to @highered. Throughout the week, we will be releasing some of the exam questions - try your luck at answering them! #LeadingWomen
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What a weekend! 👏 Thanks to everyone who joined us either in person or virtually during the @openhouselondon events, it was fantastic to have Senate House and @SenateHouseLib buzzing again which we have missed. We look forward to more events and inviting you back. 💚🗝💚
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In celebration of #EarthDay2020, we would like to thank the UoL bees who have been taking advantage of the warmer weather and an empty central London as a perfect opportunity to pollinate our city and produce lots of honey! 🐝🍯 #EarthDay
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Something to brighten up your Saturday - If you haven't already, meet our handsome UoL mascot, Ralph the Italian Greyhound! 🐕 #NationalPuppyDay #UoLmascot
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Our Vice-Chancellor Professor Wendy Thomson CBE attended a train-naming ceremony at London Paddington Station this month (Thursday 2 May) held in honour of our Chancellor, HRH The Princess Royal. @royalfamily
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