Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê

XClose

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê News

Home
Menu

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Parent and Family Day

4 April 2008

Links: Download President and Provost address to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê (

Parent and Family Day ucl.ac.uk/drupal/site_news/sites/news/files/provostspeech.mp3" target="_self">mp3 file)

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê hosted its annual Parent and Family Day on 15 March 2008, organised for relatives of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê undergraduate students.

The day comprised a series of activities, all held at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's central campus on Gower Street.

Parents Day

Highlights of the event included tours of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's museum collections and lectures by current PhD students. Main addresses were given in the Bloomsbury Theatre by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's President and Provost, Professor Malcolm Grant and current parent, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Council member and alumnus Professor Chris Thompson (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Psychology 1974, MBBS 1977, MD 1987).

Professor Grant spoke about Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's achievements, its standing of 9th amongst global universities and how it is working to address some of the world's biggest challenges. His words were then followed by Professor Thompson who spoke of his fondness for Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê and how proud he was to be a parent of a second year English student.

Parents and family of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê students mingled with senior academics and had the opportunity to experience the educational, social and cultural atmosphere of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê.

To hear Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's President and Provost, Professor Malcolm Grant speech to parents all about Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, or to find out about the new Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Parents & Family Association, use the links at the top of the article.