Three new publications will be released in 2026 to mark UCL’s 200th anniversary, tracing two centuries of ground-breaking discoveries, architectural history, and generational stories of staff and student life. Photo : UCL students with their mascot Phineas in the 1930s, UCL Special Collections. Student London: The untold history of student life in the UK’s capital city Georgina Brewis and Sam Blaxland talk about their new book Student London: A New History of Higher Education in the Capital.