University College London

University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London.

Interesting Facts

• Life Thru a Lens, the debut album by Robbie Williams features UCL in the album artwork, including the front cover.
• There is a pub named the Jeremy Bentham, after the UCL auto-icon, in University Street, London.
• The current UCL provost, Professor Malcolm Grant, agreed to shave off his moustache if UCL students raised £1500 for Comic Relief, on Red Nose Day, 2005. Unfortunately for his moustache - of 33 years - students and staff duly donated over £2000.
• The spiritual father of UCL, Jeremy Bentham, is also famous for designing Prisons most notably the Panopticon