Editing University College London (section)

==Organisation and administration==

===Governance===
The two main bodies in UCL's governance structure are the [[University council|council]] and the [[Academic senate|academic board]], both of which are established by the royal charter and with powers defined by the statutes.<ref name="charter and statutes">{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/governance-compliance/sites/governance_compliance/files/charter-and-statutes.pdf|title=Charter and Statutes|publisher=UCL|access-date=3 September 2022|archive-date=22 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822054450/https://www.ucl.ac.uk/governance-compliance/sites/governance_compliance/files/charter-and-statutes.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> There is also a University Management Committee, which is the executive committee responsible for the day-to-day operations of the institution. This comprises the President and Provost, the vice-presidents, the vice-provosts, the pro-provost of UCL East, the deans of the faculties, the chief financial officer, chief information officer, and chief people officer, the chief of staff, the general consul, the executive director of media and marketing, and the director of media relations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/governance-compliance/university-management-committee/university-management-committee-membership|title=University Management Committee: membership|website=UCL|date=26 September 2021 |access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref>

The senior leadership team at UCL includes the [[visitor]], a position in English charity law that oversees the operation of the institution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/who/leadership-team|title=Leadership Team|website=UCL|date=11 January 2018 |access-date=22 February 2023}}</ref> That there shall be a visitor of the college is specified by the royal charter, as is that the position is to be held by the [[Master of the Rolls]], the second most senior judge in England and Wales.<ref name="charter and statutes"/>

UCL's council comprises 20 members, of whom 11 are members external to UCL; seven are UCL academic staff, including the provost, three UCL professors and three non-professorial staff; and two are UCL students. The chair is appointed by council for a term not normally exceeding five years. The chair is ''ex officio'' chair of the honorary degrees and fellowships committee, nominations committee and remuneration and strategy committee.<ref name=governance>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ras/acs/governance/overview |title=Governance overview |access-date=9 December 2012 |publisher=University College London}}</ref> {{as of|April 2023|post=,}} the chair of the council is international businessman and UCL alumnus Victor Chu.<ref name=Chu/>

The academic board plays a role similar to the [[academic senate|senate]] in other institutions. It is the senior academic body responsible for advising council on academic matters and also elects academic members to council. It is, however, a much larger body than the senates at many other universities, including all professors as well as elected representatives of other academic and non-academic staff.<ref name="charter and statutes"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucu/sites/ucu/files/coi_final_report_open_version.pdf| title=UCL Academic Board Commission of Inquiry Report|date=May 2020|website=UCL}}</ref>

UCL's principal academic and administrative officer is the President and Provost, who is also UCL's designated ''[[Office for Students#Accountable officer|accountable officer]]'' for reporting to the [[Office for Students]] on behalf of UCL.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/governance-compliance/office-students-ofs|title=Office for Students (OfS)|date=18 January 2021 |publisher=UCL|access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref> The provost is appointed by Council after consultation with the academic board, and is ''ex officio'' a member of council and chair of the academic board.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/governance-compliance/sites/governance_compliance/files/charter-and-statutes.pdf|title=Charter and Statutes|publisher=UCL|access-date=21 August 2022|archive-date=22 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822054450/https://www.ucl.ac.uk/governance-compliance/sites/governance_compliance/files/charter-and-statutes.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Michael Spence (legal scholar)|Michael Spence]] has been president and provost since January 2021, when he succeeded [[Michael Arthur (physician)|Michael Arthur]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/provost/about-president-provost |title=About the President & Provost|date=28 January 2022 |publisher=UCL |access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=Spence>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/jan/ucl-welcomes-new-president-provost-dr-michael-spence|title=UCL welcomes new President & Provost Dr Michael Spence|date=11 January 2021|publisher=UCL |access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>

Vice-provosts are appointed by council on the recommendation of the provost or the academic board, to assist and advise the provost as required. The vice-provosts are members of the provost's senior management team. There are four vice-provosts (for education and student experience; health; research, innovation and global engagement; and faculties).<ref name="charter and statutes"/><ref name=leadership>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/who/leadership-team|title=Leadership team |website=UCL|date=11 January 2018 |access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref> There are also four vice-presidents, who are also members of the senior management team but whose role and manner of appointment is not specified in the statutes, for strategy, external engagement, advancement and operations.<ref name="charter and statutes"/><ref name=leadership/>

The deans of UCL's faculties are appointed by the council and are members of the provost's senior management team. The deans' principal duties include advising the provost and vice-provosts on academic strategy, staffing matters and resources for academic departments within their faculty; overseeing curricula and programme management at faculty level; liaising with faculty tutors on undergraduate admissions and student academic matters; overseeing examination matters at faculty level; and co-ordinating faculty views on matters relating to education and information support.<ref name=governance/>

===Faculties and departments===
{{see also|Category:Departments of University College London}}
[[File:UCL Drayton House.jpg|thumb|right|Drayton House, which houses the [[UCL Department of Economics|Department of Economics]]]]
[[File:UCL School of Pharmacy.JPG|thumb|right|The UCL School of Pharmacy building]]
[[File:UCL Bedford Way.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Institute of Education building]], home to the UCL Institute of Education and the Departments of Geography, Psychology and Language]]
UCL's research and teaching is organised into eleven faculties, each of which contains a number of schools, departments and institutes.<ref name=faculties>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/how-ucl-works/ucl-faculties|title=UCL faculties|website=UCL|date=19 September 2019 |access-date=19 January 2023}}</ref> The establishment of faculties and academic departments is formally the responsibility of UCL's council, with advice from the academic board.<ref name=AcademicUnits>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/governance-compliance/academic-structure/academic-units|title=Academic Units |website=UCL |date=5 January 2021 |access-date=19 January 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Faculty statistics 2023<ref name=annrev2023>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/annual-review/facts-figures-and-statistics |title=UCL Annual Review 2022/23 |date=17 November 2022 |publisher=UCL |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref>
! rowspan=3| Faculty<ref name=faculties/>
! rowspan=3| Staff
! colspan=3|Students
|-
! rowspan=2| Undergraduates
! colspan=2| Postgraduates
|-
! Taught
! Research
|-
! scope="row" | [[UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities|Arts and Humanities]]
| 620
| 2,684
| 943
| 226
|-
! scope="row" | [[The Bartlett|Bartlett (Built Environment)]]
| 1,272
| 925
| 2,836
| 411
|- style="text-align:left;" 
! scope="row" | Brain Sciences
| 1,725
| 929
| 1,961
| 1,034
|- style="text-align:left;" 
! scope="row" | [[UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences|Engineering Sciences]]
| 667
| 4,373
| 2,791
| 1,122
|- style="text-align:left;" 
! scope="row" | [[UCL Institute of Education|IOE]] (Education and Society)
| 1,318
| 1,515
| 3,988
| 684
|- style="text-align:left;" 
! scope="row" | [[UCL Faculty of Laws|Laws]]
| 175
| 844
| 450
| 49
|- style="text-align:left;" 
! scope="row" | [[UCL Faculty of Life Sciences|Life Sciences]]
| 964
| 2,632
| 1,084
| 592
|- style="text-align:left;" 
! scope="row" | [[UCL Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences|Mathematical and Physical Sciences]]
| 1,135
| 3,927
| 929
| 680
|- style="text-align:left;" 
! scope="row" | Medical Sciences
| 1,321
| 2,356
| 1,287
| 430
|- style="text-align:left;" 
! scope="row" | Population Health Sciences
| 1,578
| 247
| 1,365
| 447
|- style="text-align:left;" 
! scope="row" | Social and Historical Sciences
| 1,101
| 4,130
| 2,054
| 488
|}

There are also academic units outside the faculty structure, namely:<ref name=AcademicUnits/>
* [[Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour]]

The [[School of Slavonic and East European Studies]] remained autonomous until 2023. It was integrated into UCL Arts and Humanities faculty<ref>{{Cite web |last=UCL |date=2023-07-26 |title=SSEES to integrate with UCL Arts & Humanities |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/news/2023/jul/ssees-integrate-ucl-arts-humanities |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)}}</ref> at the time with 193 staff; 559 undergraduate students; 57 taught postgraduate students; 29 research postgraduate students (2022/23).<ref name=annrev2023/>

There are additional staff employed outside the faculty structure in the university administration.<ref name=annrev2023/>

===Finances===
In the financial year ended 31 July 2024, UCL had a total income (excluding share of joint ventures) of £2.03&nbsp;billion (2022/23 – £1.93&nbsp;billion) and a total expenditure of £1.47&nbsp;billion (2022/23 – £1.71&nbsp;billion).<ref name=finstat/> Key sources of income included £538.8&nbsp;million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £526.7&nbsp;million), £971.2&nbsp;million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £929.3&nbsp;million), £228.1&nbsp;million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £236.7&nbsp;million) and £34.1&nbsp;million from donations and endowments (2022/23 – £31.5&nbsp;million).<ref name=finstat/> At year end UCL had endowments of £174.8&nbsp;million (31 July 2023 – £156.8&nbsp;million) and total net assets of £2.19&nbsp;billion (31 July 2023 – £1.61&nbsp;million).<ref name=finstat/>

A report by London Economics in 2022 found that UCL generates around £10 billion annually for the UK economy. The largest contributor to this is through the spread of its research and knowledge, which is worth £4 billion, with another £3 billion being added by the impact of UCL's own spending. Other contributions come from encouraging graduates to create jobs and investment, and from nurturing company spin-offs and start-ups. The report found that in 2018–19, UCL had supported 234 graduate start-ups and 83 spinout companies, with a total turnover of £110 million and employing almost 3,000 people. The report also found that UCL's spending supported 19,000 jobs across the UK, with over 7,000 of these being outside London.<ref name="EconomicImpact"/>

===Terms===
The UCL academic year is divided into three terms. For most departments, First Term runs from late September to mid-December, Second Term from mid-January to late March, and Third Term from late April to mid-June, with reading weeks in early November and mid-February. Certain courses at the medical school, the faculty of education and society, and the school of pharmacy operate on different terms.<ref name=terms>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/students/life-ucl/term-dates-and-closures/term-dates-and-closures-2022-23 |title=Term dates and closures 2022–23 |date=18 February 2021 |access-date=1 February 2023 |publisher=University College London}}</ref>

===Logo and colours===
[[File:UCL old logo.jpg|thumb|The old UCL logo, used prior to August 2005]]
While many universities use their logo for most communications and branding and a coat of arms only for specific ceremonial and official use,<ref>e.g. {{cite web|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/brand/visual/logos.aspx|title=Logos}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/brand/visual/coat-of-arms.aspx|title=Coat of arms|website=University of Nottingham|access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref> UCL exclusively uses a logo and has no coat of arms. The present logo was adopted as part of a rebranding exercise in August 2005.<ref name=Baty/> Prior to that date, a different logo was used, in which the letters UCL were incorporated into a stylised representation of the Wilkins Building [[portico]].<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050731010200/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/|archive-date=31 July 2005|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/|url-status=unfit|title=UCL Online|website=University College London}}</ref>

A pseudo-heraldic "UCL crest" – a purple shield depicting a raised bent arm dressed in armour between two gold laurel branches holding a green upturned open wreath, with the college motto on a blue celeste ribbon beneath the laurel branches – can be found on the internet. A version of this badge (not on a shield) appears to have been used by [[University College London Union|UCL Union]] from shortly after its foundation in 1893.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Negley |last1=Harte |first2=John |last2=North |title=The World of UCL 1828–2004 |edition=3rd |publisher=UCL Press |place=London |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-84472-068-2 |page=154}}</ref> However, the badge has never been the subject of an official [[grant of arms]], and departs from several of the rules and conventions of [[heraldry]]. It is not an official logo, although modified forms are used by some by sports teams and societies.<ref>e.g. {{cite web|url=https://studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societies/cricket-club|title=UCL Cricket Club|access-date=19 February 2023}} – without the motto; {{cite web|url=https://studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societies/fencing-club|title=UCL Fencing Club|access-date=19 February 2023}} – no motto, laurel wreath in gold</ref> The official Team UCL logo, used (with variants) by many sports teams, uses a shield divided into the colours of purple (lower) and blue celeste (upper), but none of the other elements (laurels, wreaths, armoured arm, motto) are present; the only graphic is a depiction of the UCL portico. Students' Union UCL requests teams not to modify this logo, but this is widely ignored.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www7.studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societies/resources/students-union-logos|title=Students'Union logos|website=Students' Union UCL|access-date=19 February 2023|archive-date=19 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219173608/https://www7.studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societies/resources/students-union-logos|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="sports clubs">{{cite web|url=https://studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societies/directory/category?search=&category%5B0%5D=2758|title=List of UCL sports clubs with logos |website=Students' Union UCL|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref>

UCL's motto, "''Cuncti adsint meritaeque expectent praemia palmae''" is a quotation from [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]'', and translates into English as "Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward".<ref>{{citation |title=The Aeneid |author=Virgil |year=1888 |editor=Storr, Francis |language=la |url=https://archive.org/details/theaeneid00virguoft/page/3/mode/1up|at=book 5, line 70}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-sciences/department/geology-ucl-brief-history|title=Geology at UCL: a brief history|website=UCL|date=18 July 2018 |access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref>

UCL's traditional sporting and academic colours are purple and blue celeste.<ref name=colours/> UCL uses a palette of 25 colours (including the two traditional colours) in its visual identity; the logo can be used in many different combinations of these colours.<ref name=colours/>

===Memberships, affiliations and partnerships===
[[File:University College Hospital - New Building - London - 020504.jpg|thumb|The main building of [[University College Hospital]]]]
UCL is a member institution of the federal University of London and was one of the two colleges affiliated from the university's founding in 1836 (the other being [[King's College London]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.london.ac.uk/history.html |title=A brief history |access-date=7 August 2014 |publisher=University of London |archive-date=9 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209004448/http://www.london.ac.uk/history.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> UCL was a founding member of the [[Russell Group]], an association of 24 British research universities established in 1994,<ref name=the91106>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=206624&sectioncode=26 |title=Queen's gets key to Russell club door |access-date=7 August 2014 |work=Times Higher Education |date=9 November 2006}}</ref> and is regarded as forming part of the '[[Golden triangle (universities)|golden triangle]]', an unofficial term for the research-intensive universities located in the southern English cities of Cambridge, London and Oxford<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2005/050707/full/nj7047-144a.html |title=Golden opportunities |journal=Nature |date=6 July 2005|quote=No longer rivals, Oxford, Cambridge and London are now working towards a common goal – ensuring the 'golden triangle' becomes a global science hub.}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=94844&sectioncode=26 |title=Oxbridge windfall |magazine=Times Higher Education |date=4 August 1995| quote=A large amount of the cash awarded to humanities postgraduates still goes to the "Golden Triangle" of Oxford, Cambridge and London, British Academy figures reveal.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kershaw|first= Alison|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/uk-universities-slip-in-rankings-8196772.html |title=UK universities slip in rankings|work=The Independent|date= 4 October 2012 |quote=Rankings editor Phil Baty said: "Outside the golden triangle of London, Oxford and Cambridge, England's world-class universities face a collapse into global mediocrity}}</ref>

UCL has been a member of the [[League of European Research Universities]] since January 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/media/library/LERU |title=UCL joins League of European Research Universities |access-date=9 August 2014 |publisher=University College London |archive-date=5 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805143811/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/media/library/LERU }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leru.org/members |title=Our members |access-date=2 February 2023 |website=League of European Research Universities |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205071457/https://www.leru.org/members |url-status=dead }}</ref> UCL is also a member of the [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acu.ac.uk/our-members/|title=Our members|website=Association of Commonwealth Universities| access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref> the [[European University Association]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eua.eu/about/member-directory.html|title= Member directory|website=European University Association|access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref> the global U7+ Alliance<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.u7alliance.org/partners/| title=Partners| website=U7+ Alliance| access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref> and the US [[Universities Research Association]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ura-hq.org/members/member-universities/|title=Member universities|website=Universities Research Association|access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref> and has a major collaboration with [[Yale University]], the Yale UCL Collaborative.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://world.yale.edu/academics-research/partners-networks/yale-ucl-collaborative|title=Yale UCL Collaborative|website=Yale University|date=8 May 2019 |access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref> It also has partnerships with universities in Australia,<ref group=note>the [[University of Sydney]]</ref> Canada,<ref group=note>the [[University of Toronto]]</ref> China,<ref group=note>[[Peking University]], [[Zhejiang University]], [[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]] and the [[University of Hong Kong]]</ref> India,<ref group=note>[[All India Institutes of Medical Sciences]], the [[Indian Institute of Science]], the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]] and the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Madras]]</ref> Japan,<ref group=note>[[Osaka University]]</ref> Singapore<ref group=note>the [[National University of Singapore]]</ref> and Thailand.<ref group=note>[[HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/global/regional-activity/ucl-east-asia|title=UCL in East Asia|website=UCL|date=7 July 2021 |access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/global/regional-activity/ucl-south-asia|title=UCL in South Asia|website=UCL|date=20 November 2021 |access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/global/regional-activity/ucl-south-east-asia-and-australasia|title=UCL in South East Asia and Australasia|website=UCL|date=8 July 2021 |access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/global/regional-activity/ucl-north-america|title=UCL in North America|website=UCL|date=8 July 2021 |access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref>

UCL formed the [[Science and Engineering South]] engineering and physical sciences research alliance with the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Southampton and Imperial College London in May 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/research-heavyweights-deny-ganging-up/2003702.article |title=Research heavyweights deny 'ganging up' |work=Times Higher Education |date=9 May 2013 |access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref> It was also one of the founding members of the [[Alan Turing Institute]], the UK's national institute for data sciences and artificial intelligence, in 2015, with the universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford and Warwick.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200930160335/https://epsrc.ukri.org/newsevents/news/alanturinginstitute/ |title= Business Secretary Cable announces partners in the Alan Turing Institute |website= Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Francis Crick Institute building, Oct 2015.jpg|thumb|The [[Francis Crick Institute]] building]]

UCL is a partner in [[UCLPartners]], an [[Academic medical centre|academic health science centre]], along with multiple NHS trusts, integrated care systems, research and innovation partners, and other universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our partners|url=https://uclpartners.com/who-we-are/our-partners/|website=UCLPartners|access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref> UCL is a partner with the [[National Institute for Health Research]], the [[University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]] and UCLPartners in the [[UCLH Biomedical Research Centre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uclhospitals.brc.nihr.ac.uk/about-us/our-partners |title=Our partners |publisher=UCLH Biomedical Research Centre |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref> UCL is also a university partner of the [[Francis Crick Institute]], a major biomedical research centre in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://crick.ac.uk/research/university-partners/ |title=University partners |publisher=Francis Crick Institute |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>

UCL offers dual degrees and joint degrees with other universities and institutions, including the [[University of Cologne]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/study/undergraduate/llb-dual-degree-english-and-german-law-universitat-zu-koln|title=LLB Dual Degree English and German Law with Universität zu Köln|date=14 September 2017 |access-date=3 February 2023 |publisher=University College London}}</ref> [[Columbia University]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/study/undergraduate/dual-llbjuris-doctor-jd-columbia-university-new-york |title=Joint LLB/Juris Doctor (JD) with Columbia University, New York |date=14 September 2017 |access-date=3 February 2023 |publisher=University College London}}</ref> the [[University of Hong Kong]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/study/undergraduate/llb-bachelor-laws-ucl-and-llb-bachelor-laws-hku |title=LLB Bachelor of Laws (UCL) and LLB Bachelor of Laws (HKU)|date=14 September 2017 |access-date=3 February 2023 |publisher=University College London}}</ref> Imperial College London (ending 2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-taught/transport/|title=Postgraduate Taught MSc Transport |access-date=3 February 2023 |publisher=Imperial College London}}</ref> and [[New York University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wagner.nyu.edu/education/degrees/executive-mpa/global-policy-leaders |title=EMPA for Global Policy leaders |access-date=3 February 2023 |publisher=New York University}}</ref>

UCL is the sponsor of the [[UCL Academy]], a [[secondary school]] in the [[London Borough of Camden]]. The school opened in September 2012 and was the first in the UK to have a university as sole sponsor.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Guardian |title=Academia and the academy: what makes a university open a school? |access-date=23 August 2014 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2013/mar/19/ucl-academy-school-university-partnership |date=19 March 2013}}</ref> UCL also has a strategic partnership with [[Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1114/101114-ncs-partnership |title=UCL announces partnership with Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre |date=10 November 2014 |publisher=University College London |access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref>