Inspirational stories from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø people, in the lab, on campus, and beyond.

 
 
 
 

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2025 stories

51³Ô¹ÏÍø's global experts – Meet six 51³Ô¹ÏÍø graduates fighting for the future of our planet in New York City. 

2024 stories

51³Ô¹ÏÍø's global experts: New York Climate Week - Meet six 51³Ô¹ÏÍø graduates fighting for the future of our planet in New York City.

Pride in Life Sciences This Pride Month, four staff and students share their experiences of being part of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s LGBTQ+ community.

D/srupt Magazine – Read the latest issue of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's annual magazine for innovators and entrepreneurs.

How to build a University Challenge team – How 51³Ô¹ÏÍø has become a force to be reckoned with in the BBC's university quiz competition.

Uzoamaka Nwamarah – Meet the climate expert guiding women in their careers.

A powerful force for good - Discover a month in the life of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's alumni community

2022-23 stories

Representation, diversity and heritage – To mark Black History Month, our Black staff and students share reflections on the importance of representation.

Behind the lens at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø – We speak to four members of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø LGBTQ+ community whose work is behind the scenes.

Shaping the student experience – From campus spaces to support services, 2022 has been a year of collaboration at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Bringing different perspectives – We hear from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø staff and students about navigating education and a career with a disability.

Carving out your own lane – Exploring the career journeys of our Black staff and students.

Feeling like a scientist – 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students and staff share insights and advice for forging a path in science.

Silwood Park at 75 – Dive into the past, present and future of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's unique rural campus.

The origins of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Faculty of Medicine – Reflections on the historic institutions that built Medicine at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Collaboration, innovation, impact – In pictures: Professor Alice Gast's eight years at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Candid conversations on identity and representation – Celebrating 100 guests on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø As One's weekly interview series, Belonging.

Diversifying 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's art – Meet the artists behind 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Portrait Prize.

Meet the masterminds – 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s University Challenge team talk us through the competition, from speedy buzzing, to bonus rounds and Buffy the bat.

I’m an 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Woman in Finance - Three alumni of our Finance Master’s programmes share their stories.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s entrepreneurial women - Meet the trailblazers who are breaking biases and turning their ideas into successful businesses.

My identity is my pride - This LGBT+ History Month, five staff and students share their experiences of being part of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s LGBTQ+ community.

Shaping student spaces – From reimagined study areas to revamped social spots, we explore student space renovations at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Older stories

Three Wise Women – This festive period Three Wise Women from the Faculty of Medicine share the gift of wisdom.

A nuclear history – As the remaining staff leave the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Reactor Centre, we explore the past and future of the College's nuclear research.

A campus in constant evolution – Transforming South Kensington for staff, students, and the public.

Going for gold – The history of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

In our own words – 51³Ô¹ÏÍø staff member share what they’ve learnt about their own mental wellbeing during lockdown.

51³Ô¹ÏÍøWomen – To mark Women@51³Ô¹ÏÍø Week, meet five women leaders at the College who are changing the world.

Learning from a pandemic – Meet the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø teachers and students reshaping education.

Flights of fantasy – 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's science fiction library is a unique window on our world – past, present and future.

We can do more – Discrimination and inequality must be challenged at all levels, and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø is playing its part.

FGM in focus – Exploring 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s community-centred approach to empowering conversations around female genital mutilation. 

Seeing is believing and believing is seeing – From hologram lectures to the gamification of pure maths, technology is transforming teaching at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Frontline insights – Moving stories of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø academics at the centre of the NHS response to COVID-19.

Body parts – How 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's community of innovators are bringing the human body into the 21st-century.

More than meets the eye – Five 51³Ô¹ÏÍø staff and students with invisible disabilities share their stories.

The cat that got the cream – As Felix turns 70, some of the student newspaper's leading players – past and present – give us their stories behind the headlines.

Clean reaction – We meet the people who plan to change the world with green chemistry.