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📚 What can two centuries of student life reveal about London’s past and present? As UCL marks the 200th anniversary of its foundation, we are delighted to publish Student London: A New History of Higher Education in the Capital. The book brings to life the experiences of students across the city from 1826 to today. Students have formed a significant part of London’s population since the foundation of its first university in 1826, and Student London centres their experiences in the city’s history. The book draws on an unusually rich set of sources that include institutional records, college magazines, court reports, secret service files, memoirs and oral histories. Together, these accounts capture life at the original London University, known as UCL since 1836, as well as many other institutions that later became part of it. The authors explore a wide range of higher education experiences across medical schools, teacher training colleges and specialist institutes. They consider everyday life, funding and student welfare, and follow students into recreation, sports and leisure. The book also reflects on shifting attitudes to class, race, gender, sex and sexuality, and offers a deeper engagement with London’s imperial history than earlier studies of higher education. Student London is published today and is free to read and download: https://bit.ly/3NcnXpi #StudentLondon #LondonHistory #HigherEducation #OpenAccess #OpenAccess

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