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Meet our people We are a diverse global university with staff from a variety of backgrounds. Meet our colleagues and discover what makes UCL a great community to work with. Spotlight on... Eloise McDay This week we speak to Eloise McDay, Head of Student Support and Wellbeing Services (Events and Campaigns), the team dedicated to helping UCL students with personal, emotional and psychological concerns. UCL News, Student Support and Wellbeing 12 March 2026 Spotlight on... Atalanta Hersey This week we speak to Atalanta Hersey, Education Manager for Postgraduate Taught Programmes in the Faculty of Laws and a member of the team behind the new EASE Induction Hub, about people-centred leadership, operational excellence, and supporting colleagues to thrive. UCL News, Faculty of Laws, UCL Faculty of Laws 5 March 2026 Spotlight on... Jamila Kabir This week we spoke to Jamila Kabir, an Immersive Technician from east London about supporting storytellers with Virtual Reality, 360 degree film, and her own storytelling. The interview comes as we celebrate three years of the UCL East London Scholarship. UCL News, Access and Widening Participation 26 February 2026 Spotlight on... Lucie March On her 19th work anniversary, we chat to Head of Access and Widening Participation (AWP), Lucie March, about leading one of the largest AWP teams in the country, why a daily Wordle break is essential, and how to take part in AWP’s new consultation. UCL News, Access and Widening Participation 19 February 2026 Spotlight on... Jeremy Bentham On UCL's 200th birthday, and ahead of Jeremy Bentham's 278th birthday on 15 February, we chat to legendary philosopher Jeremy Bentham himself * about UCL's Bicentenary, a trip to New York, and a remarkably intellectual cat... UCL News 12 February 2026 Spotlight on... Tobias Ruttenauer Dr Tobias Ruttenauer is Associate Professor in Quantitative Social Science at UCL’s Social Research Institute, researching climate justice and environmental inequality. Read on to discover the CLEAN seminar series and a joke that captures the perils of incomplete data! UCL News, Social Research Institute, Quantitative Social Science (QSS) 28 January 2026 Spotlight on... Emma Cardinal-Richards Emma Cardinal-Richards is an Enterprise Architect for Research, helping shape the digital services that support research and innovation across ISD and Advanced Research Computing. She chats to us about supporting the development of the Digital Strategic Plan – and Blackadder! UCL News, ISD Information Security 28 January 2026 Spotlight on... Lauren Andres and Victoria Austin This week we chat with Pro-Vice-Provosts for Inequalities, Professor Lauren Andres and Professor Victoria Austin, about the impact of their role and their mission to reduce inequalities in the UK and globally. UCL News 22 January 2026 Spotlight on... Caroline Fionda Dedman Having worked in London universities for around 20 years, Caroline Fionda Dedman, Access Manager in the Access and Widening Participation team, shares her expertise on increasing the number of underrepresented students at UCL – and reveals a show-stopper dream dinner plan. UCL News 14 January 2026 Spotlight on... Lee-aye Azami Meet Lee-aye Azami, Head of Brand at UCL. Brand strategist, cyclist, and New Orleans enthusiast, she’s leading UCL’s refreshed brand into its next chapter ahead of UCL 200. When she’s not shaping global reputations, she’s thinking about films, food, and her next adventure. UCL News 8 January 2026 Meet more UCL people