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Calling our international partners, we're consulting on UCL's Health Vision.
We've set out UCL’s capabilities and ambitions for health over the next 10+ years, identifying where we believe investment could achieve transformative impact.
Please share your views: https://bit.ly/4omggeG
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UCL has close ties with India and a trilateral partnership with IIT Delhi and AIIMS.
There is funding available for UCL-India research teams to co-develop affordable and accessible medical technologies. The funding call closes on 19 June: bit.ly/4xfIECW
#UCLandIndia
The next wave of healthcare AI breakthroughs may come from India, writes Professor Geraint Rees, UCL Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement), in ET Edge Insights.
Read the op-ed: bit.ly/3PYFXoN
#UCLandIndia
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🎙️ New episode of ‘Fair Enough?’ is out now.
How can technology help tackle inequality and improve access to justice?
Lauren Andres and Victoria Austin are joined by Professor Cathy Holloway and Elly Savatia
🎧 Listen now: https://share.transistor.fm/s/8d5502d9
#UCLGrandChallenges #Podcast
📢 Call for applications: Global Engagement Funds & Strategic Partner Funds 2026/27
Apply by 19 June to build or grow international collaborations at @ucl.ac.uk.
GEF:
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Partner Funds:
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More partner funds open in autumn 2026.
Dr Anwar Musah @uclgeography.bsky.social used @ucl-global.bsky.social Engagement Funds to help tackle the risk of waterborne disease from drains in Accra, Ghana ⬇️
#UCLandAfrica
What impact does community-owned land have on urbanisation?
Dr Alexandra Panman @thebartlettucl.bsky.social used @ucl.ac.uk Global Engagement Funds to find out more in eThwekini Municipality (Durban), South Africa, where more than a third of land is held under customary tenure ⬇️
#UCLandAfrica
How can lived experience experts shape better healthcare?
Dr Rakhshi Memon (@uclengineering.bsky.social) used @ucl.ac.uk Global Engagement Funds to explore this in Pakistan, India, and Nigeria – revealing how their insights can improve research, policy, and services when meaningfully included⬇
Across the world, teachers feel unprepared to work in diverse classrooms. Dr Daisy Loyd @ioe.bsky.social and @drzacharywalker.bsky.social have been collaborating with partners in Africa and beyond to understand more and inform policy and practice.
#UCLandAfrica
UCL’s final full day in Nairobi brought together partners across urban health, public health research, policy and innovation, including UN‑Habitat, @aphrc.bsky.social, Kenya’s State Department for Science, Research and Innovation, and Mastercard Foundation Research Lab Africa.
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UCL academics can now apply for funding through a new trilateral call between UCL, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi).
Dr Anwar Musah (UCL Geography) used Global Engagement Funds (GEF) to map the state of drains in Accra, Ghana – helping predict the risk of disease and flooding.
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Dr Alexandra Panman (UCL Bartlett) used Global Engagement Funds to help set the research agenda on the links between collective land and urbanisation.
Dr Rakhshi Memon (UCL Engineering) used Global Engagement Funds to evaluate how people with lived experience can help to improve healthcare in Pakistan, India, and Nigeria.
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Following a project that started in the Middle East, Dr Daisy Loyd (UCL Institute of Education) is working across the world to improve education for diverse learners.
