The UCL News podcast gives you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening.

In the news section this week we are joined by a very special guest, Dr Sue Black (UCL Computer Science), who campaigned from 2008 to 2011 to save Bletchley Park and was instrumental in the campaign to secure the Turing papers for the nation. As well as the news, this week we showcase the opening of an exciting new exhibition space at UCL, the Octagon and Flaxman galleries. Lastly, George catches up with Dr Jason Dittmer (UCL Geography) to talk about his new book about nationalist superheroes and their relationship to geopolitics.

London for Free film competition - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/london-for-free/

Dr Sue Black - http://www.sueblack.co.uk/

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at www.ucl.ac.uk.

The refurbished Flaxman gallery and brand new Octagon gallery open this week. The space has undergone a radical transformation with new cases, animations and interactive screens to displayed items from UCL’s collection that have never been displayed before. We catch up with Sally MacDonald and Nina Pearlman (UCL Musuems & Public Engagement) to find out more.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at www.ucl.ac.uk.

We’re very lucky to have twitter celebrity Dr Sue Black with us this week, speaking about her campaign to save Bletchley Park, and her work to promote equality for women in the technology industry. Dr Black is currently crowd funding the publication of a new book about the Bletchley Park campaign and she joins us in the podcast to tell us more. There’s also news of the London for Free film competition we’re running in collaboration with Raindance Film, and we also discuss new research which suggests that happy teenagers earn more as adults.

*NB Dr Sue Black was unfortunately unable to give her Lunch Hour Lecture, it has been rescheduled to 8 January*

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at www.ucl.ac.uk.

The UCL News podcast gives you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening.

In the news section this week we are joined by a very special guest, Dr Sue Black (UCL Computer Science), who campaigned from 2008 to 2011 to save Bletchley Park and was instrumental in the campaign to secure the Turing papers for the nation. As well as the news, this week we showcase the opening of an exciting new exhibition space at UCL, the Octagon and Flaxman galleries. Lastly, George catches up with Dr Jason Dittmer (UCL Geography) to talk about his new book about nationalist superheroes and their relationship to geopolitics.

London for Free film competition - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/london-for-free/

Dr Sue Black - http://www.sueblack.co.uk/

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at www.ucl.ac.uk.

Lunch Hour Lecture - Autumn 2012

Dr Jann Matlock, Senior Lecturer, UCL French and School of European Languages, Culture and Society

What is it about exile that inspires photography? This talk explores the earliest known exile photography, created in the studio formed by Victor Hugo’s family and friends in their exile on the Channel Island of Jersey between 1852 and 1855. In these years, the Hugo group turned exile into a photographic project, and in doing so, they transformed the history of photography.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at www.ucl.ac.uk.

Lunch Hour Lecture - Autumn 2012

Dr Jann Matlock, Senior Lecturer, UCL French and School of European Languages, Culture and Society

What is it about exile that inspires photography? This talk explores the earliest known exile photography, created in the studio formed by Victor Hugo’s family and friends in their exile on the Channel Island of Jersey between 1852 and 1855. In these years, the Hugo group turned exile into a photographic project, and in doing so, they transformed the history of photography.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at www.ucl.ac.uk.

Lunch Hour Lecture - Autumn 2012

Dr Jann Matlock, Senior Lecturer, UCL French and School of European Languages, Culture and Society

What is it about exile that inspires photography? This talk explores the earliest known exile photography, created in the studio formed by Victor Hugo’s family and friends in their exile on the Channel Island of Jersey between 1852 and 1855. In these years, the Hugo group turned exile into a photographic project, and in doing so, they transformed the history of photography.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at www.ucl.ac.uk.

Lunch Hour Lecture - Autumn 2012

Dr Jann Matlock, Senior Lecturer, UCL French and School of European Languages, Culture and Society

What is it about exile that inspires photography? This talk explores the earliest known exile photography, created in the studio formed by Victor Hugo’s family and friends in their exile on the Channel Island of Jersey between 1852 and 1855. In these years, the Hugo group turned exile into a photographic project, and in doing so, they transformed the history of photography.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at www.ucl.ac.uk.

Professor Iwan Morgan (UCL Institute of the Americas) reacts to Barack Obama’s victory in the US Election and explores the strength of the Democrat’s campaign. We also hear reactions from Beatrice Kelly, one of the Presidents of the UCLU American Society, who describes her experience of the election, which she watched from one of the Union’s bars.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at www.ucl.ac.uk.

The UCL News podcast gives you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening.

As well as news from around UCL, this week we get some thoughts and reactions to the US presidential election results from Professor Iwan Morgan (UCL Institute of the Americas) and students from the UCLU American Society. We also pay a visit to the recently reopened Rock Room, which houses UCL’s geology collection.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at www.ucl.ac.uk.