Editing University College London (section)

===From 2005 ===
[[File:The UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies.jpg|right|thumb|The [[UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies]] building, which was opened in 2005]]
UCL was granted its own taught and research degree awarding powers in 2005,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/sep/27/highereducation.uk3|work=The Guardian|date=27 September 2005|title=College granted degree-awarding powers|author=Polly Curtis}}</ref> and all UCL students registered from 2007/08 qualified with UCL degrees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2008/mar/ucl-unveils-new-academic-dress| title=UCL unveils new academic dress|date=26 March 2008|website=UCL|access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref> The same year, UCL adopted a new corporate branding under which the name University College London was replaced by the [[Acronym and initialism|initialism]] UCL in all external communications.<ref name=Baty>{{cite news |last=Baty |first=Phil |title=Staff fury at '£600K' rebrand |newspaper=Times Higher Education Supplement |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/staff-fury-at-600k-rebrand/197437.article|location=London |date=22 July 2005}}</ref>

UCL established the UCL School of Energy & Resources (later [[UCL Australia]]) in [[Adelaide]], Australia, in 2008 as the first campus of a British university in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0805/08052901 |title=UCL School of Energy & Resources, Australia, to be established' |date=29 May 2008 |publisher=University College London |access-date=1 August 2008}}</ref> The school was based in the historic [[Torrens Building]] in Victoria Square.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/brave-new-territory-university-college-london-to-open-a-branch-in-australia-835571.html |title=Brave new territory: University College London to open a branch in |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=29 May 2008}}</ref> In 2011, the mining company [[BHP|BHP Billiton]] agreed to donate AU$10 million to UCL to fund the establishment of two energy institutes – the Energy Policy Institute, based in Adelaide, and the Institute for Sustainable Resources, based in London.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/bhp-signs-10m-deal-to-set-up-energy-research-facilities/story-e6frg8zx-1226073259419 |title=BHP signs $10m deal to set up energy research facilities |access-date=21 June 2012 |work=[[The Australian]] |date=11 June 2011 |first=Verity |last=Edwards}}</ref> UCL Australia closed in December 2017, with academic staff and student transferring to the [[University of South Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.engineering.ucl.ac.uk/news/move-ucl-engineering-australia-unisa-mawson-lakes-campus/ |title=Move of UCL Engineering in Australia to UniSA Mawson Lakes campus |date=17 January 2018 |access-date=2 September 2018 |publisher=UCL}}</ref> Since 2018, UCL and the University of South Australia have offered joint master's degrees in data science and in energy systems with study in Adelaide and London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/news/2017/may/ucl-and-university-south-australia-sign-partnership-agreement-ucl-engineering |website=UCL|title=UCL and the University of South Australia sign partnership agreement by UCL Engineering|date=10 May 2017 |access-date=30 March 2023}}</ref>

In 2011, UCL announced plans for a £500 million investment in its main Bloomsbury campus over 10 years, as well as the establishment of a new campus, [[UCL East]], next to the Olympic Park in Stratford in the East End of London.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=418220 |title=UCL has sights set on new East End home |access-date=21 June 2012 |work=Times Higher Education |date=24 November 2011}}</ref> In 2018, UCL opened ''UCL at Here East'', at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, offering courses jointly between the [[The Bartlett|Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment]] and the [[UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences|Faculty of Engineering Sciences]].<ref name="Here East">{{cite web |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/news/2018/feb/high-tech-campus-here-east-marks-new-chapter-bartlett-and-engineering-sciences-ucl |title=High-tech campus at Here East marks new chapter for The Bartlett and Engineering Sciences at UCL |publisher=UCL |date=28 February 2018 |access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/here-east/programmes-and-short-courses |title=Programmes and short courses |website=UCL at Here East |date=21 August 2017 |publisher=UCL |access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref> The first undergraduate students, on a new Engineering and Architectural Design [[MEng]], started in September 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/degrees/engineering-architectural-design-meng/2018 |title=Engineering and Architectural Design MEng |work=UCL Undergraduate Prospectus |access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref> One Pool Street, the first building on the UCL East campus, opened in November 2022. UCL East was officially opened, along with the Marshgate building that completed phase 1 of the development, in September 2023 by Olympic gold medalist and UCL alumna [[Christine Ohuruogu]].<ref name="UCL East opening">{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/dec/ucl-east-campus-will-make-extraordinary-contribution-london-and-world|title=UCL East campus will make 'extraordinary contribution' to London and the world|date=6 December 2022| publisher=UCL|access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/sep/ucl-officially-opens-new-east-london-campus|title=UCL officially opens new east London campus|date=18 September 2023|website=UCL|access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref>

UCL continued to grow through mergers with smaller colleges in the University of London. On 1 January 2012 the [[School of Pharmacy, University of London]] merged with UCL, becoming the UCL School of Pharmacy within the Faculty of Life Sciences.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=416145 |title=School of Pharmacy to merge with UCL |access-date=4 July 2012 |work=Times Higher Education |date=13 May 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111223-school-of-pharmacy-merged School of Pharmacy merges with UCL]. University College London (1 January 2012). Retrieved 17 July 2013.</ref> UCL and the [[Institute of Education]] formed a strategic alliance in October 2012,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=421371 |title=Bloomsbury institutions enter 'strategic partnership' |access-date=5 October 2012 |work=Times Higher Education |date=2 October 2012}}</ref> followed by a full merger in December 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/ucl-set-to-merge-with-institute-of-education/2011121.article |title=UCL set to merge with Institute of Education |access-date=3 March 2014 |work=Times Higher Education |date=5 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/institute-of-education-will-bring-healthy-dowry-to-ucl-marriage/2011259.article |title=Institute of Education will bring 'healthy dowry' to UCL marriage |access-date=3 March 2014 |work=Times Higher Education |date=13 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/ucl-and-ioe-confirm-merger-date/2017200.article |title=UCL and IoE confirm merger date |access-date=7 December 2014 |work=Times Higher Education |date=25 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/opinion/ucl-and-ioe-merger-a-marriage-of-like-minds/2017298.article |title=UCL and IoE merger: a marriage of like minds? |access-date=7 December 2014 |work=Times Higher Education |date=4 December 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Student Centre in the afternoon, University College London.jpg|thumb|upright|New Student Centre on [[Gordon Street]]]]

UCL paid tens of thousands of pounds to settle ten sexual harassment claims against staff in the 2017/18 academic year, a rise from four cases the year before. Following pressure from victims, and after physicist [[Emma Chapman]] won the legal right to speak freely about her abuse at the university, UCL announced in 2018 that it would abandon non-disclosure settlements in settlements.<ref>"[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/university-college-london-tried-to-gag-me-over-twoyear-harassment-fight-scientist-claims-a3877756.html University College London tried to gag me over two-year 'harassment' fight, scientist claims]", ''Evening Standard'', 3 July 2018; "[https://www.bbc.com/news/education-47936662 UK universities face 'gagging order' criticism]", BBC, 17 April 2019.</ref><ref>"[https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/sex-harassment-victims-force-university-college-london-to-end-gagging-orders-h9v9v279f Sex harassment victims force University College London to end gagging orders]", ''The Times'', 28 July 2018.</ref> In 2020, UCL became the first [[Russell Group]] university to ban romantic and sexual relationships between lecturers and their students.<ref>"[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/feb/20/ucl-to-ban-intimate-relationships-between-staff-and-students-univesities UCL to ban intimate relationships between staff and their students]", ''The Guardian'', 20 February 2020.</ref>

It was discovered in 2018 that an annual eugenics conference, the [[London Conference on Intelligence]], had been held at UCL, as an external paid event, between 2014 and 2017.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 January 2018 |title=UCL to investigate eugenics conference secretly held on campus |url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jan/10/ucl-to-investigate-secret-eugenics-conference-held-on-campus |access-date=7 January 2021 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> An enquiry found that the organiser, an honorary lecturer, did not correctly follow the room booking procedure, including claiming that no controversial topics would be discussed, leaving the university unaware of the nature of the conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/provost/sites/provost/files/lci_final_report_plus_appendices_web.pdf|title=UCL INVESTIGATION INTO LONDON CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENCE| date=January 2018|website=UCL|access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref> Following the revelation, UCL announced in 2018 that it would launch an enquiry into the university's historical links with eugenics.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/dec/06/ucl-launches-inquiry-into-historical-links-with-eugenics|title=UCL launches inquiry into historical links with eugenics|date=6 December 2023|author=Anna Fazackerley|work=The Guardian}}</ref> This reported in 2020,<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/provost/sites/provost/files/ucl_history_of_eugenics_inquiry_report.pdf|title=Inquiry into the History of Eugenics at UCL Report|date=February 2020}}</ref> but covered only historical eugenics and did not address the 2014–17 conferences, leading to a majority of the authors refusing to sign the final report.<ref name="Observer eugenics">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/aug/02/ucl-has-a-racist-legacy-but-can-it-move-on|title=UCL has a racist legacy, but can it move on?|work=[[The Observer]]|author=Andrew Anthony|date=2 August 2020}}</ref> The Galton Lecture Theatre, Pearson Lecture Theatre and Pearson Building were all renamed in 2020,<ref name="Observer eugenics"/> and in 2021 UCL apologised for its part in promoting [[eugenics]] during the first half of the 20th century.<ref name=EugenicsApology/><ref>{{cite web |date=7 January 2021 |title=UCL makes formal public apology for its history and legacy of eugenics |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/jan/ucl-makes-formal-public-apology-its-history-and-legacy-eugenics |access-date=7 January 2021 |website=UCL News}}</ref> UCL was criticised (along with Oxford, Imperial and other London universities) in 2021 for accepting money from the Alexander Mosley Charitable Trust, established to hold the fortune left to [[Max Mosley]] by his father, British fascist leader [[Oswald Mosley]]. UCL received £500,000 to establish a forensic evidence interpretation laboratory.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/nov/07/oxford-university-alexander-mosley-charitable-trust|title=Universities have lost moral compass over Mosley donations, says Oxford don|author=Mark Brown|date=7 November 2021|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/06/ucl-imperial-among-several-prestigious-universities-benefiting/|title=Imperial and UCL caught up in Mosley row|date=6 November 2021|author=Camilla Turner|work=Sunday Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/13/ucl-condemned-taking-money-man-would-have-brought-death-camps/|title=UCL condemned for taking money 'from man who would have brought death camps to Britain'|date=13 November 2021|author=Camilla Turner|work=Sunday Telegraph}}</ref>

Following the passing of the University of London Act 2018, which allowed member institutions to become universities in their own right while remaining part of the University of London, UCL applied for university status in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2019/mar/ucl-statement-university-london-act-2018|title=UCL statement on University of London Act 2018|date=11 March 2019|website=UCL|access-date=30 March 2023}}</ref> The application was approved by the [[Office for Students]] in 2022 and a supplemental charter was sealed on 17 April 2023, granting UCL university status.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/governance-compliance/sites/governance_compliance/files/council-190623.pdf|title=Council minutes|date=19 June 2023|website=UCL|access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>