Buildings linked to eugenics movement are de-named
This article first appeared in issue 7 of Portico magazine, published October 2020.
Following consultation, UCL has de-named the Galton Lecture Theatre, Pearson Building (pictured) and Pearson Lecture Theatre.
The move is one step in a range of actions that acknowledge and address the university’s historical links with the eugenics movement. It follows a series of recommendations made by an inquiry.
A Response Group of representatives – including academic staff, equality experts and the Students’ Union – will look at actions such as:
This article first appeared in issue 7 of Portico magazine, published October 2020.
Following consultation, UCL has de-named the Galton Lecture Theatre, Pearson Building (pictured) and Pearson Lecture Theatre.
The move is one step in a range of actions that acknowledge and address the university’s historical links with the eugenics movement. It follows a series of recommendations made by an inquiry.
A Response Group of representatives – including academic staff, equality experts and the Students’ Union – will look at actions such as:
This article first appeared in issue 7 of Portico magazine, published October 2020.
Following consultation, UCL has de-named the Galton Lecture Theatre, Pearson Building (pictured) and Pearson Lecture Theatre.
The move is one step in a range of actions that acknowledge and address the university’s historical links with the eugenics movement. It follows a series of recommendations made by an inquiry.
A Response Group of representatives – including academic staff, equality experts and the Students’ Union – will look at actions such as:
Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu, Provost’s Envoy for Race Equality and Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience, says:
“Our buildings and spaces are places of learning and aspiration, and should never have been named after eugenicists. I would like to acknowledge all my colleagues and students who worked so hard to achieve this result. These individuals held one thing in common – the belief that all peoples are of equal value.”
Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu, Provost’s Envoy for Race Equality and Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience, says:
“Our buildings and spaces are places of learning and aspiration, and should never have been named after eugenicists. I would like to acknowledge all my colleagues and students who worked so hard to achieve this result. These individuals held one thing in common – the belief that all peoples are of equal value.”
Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu, Provost’s Envoy for Race Equality and Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience, says:
“Our buildings and spaces are places of learning and aspiration, and should never have been named after eugenicists. I would like to acknowledge all my colleagues and students who worked so hard to achieve this result. These individuals held one thing in common – the belief that all peoples are of equal value.”
Sandy Ogundele, Black and Minority Ethnic Students’ Officer at Students’ Union UCL, says:
“This is just the first step of a long-term process for UCL to make amends for its deeply troubling ties to eugenics and institutional racism. Now let’s sustain and channel this energy into our education, into our research, into our hiring practices and into all of our decision-making at UCL.”
Sandy Ogundele, Black and Minority Ethnic Students’ Officer at Students’ Union UCL, says:
“This is just the first step of a long-term process for UCL to make amends for its deeply troubling ties to eugenics and institutional racism. Now let’s sustain and channel this energy into our education, into our research, into our hiring practices and into all of our decision-making at UCL.”
Sandy Ogundele, Black and Minority Ethnic Students’ Officer at Students’ Union UCL, says:
“This is just the first step of a long-term process for UCL to make amends for its deeply troubling ties to eugenics and institutional racism. Now let’s sustain and channel this energy into our education, into our research, into our hiring practices and into all of our decision-making at UCL.”
This article first appeared in issue 7 of Portico magazine, published October 2020.
This article first appeared in issue 7 of Portico magazine, published October 2020.
This article first appeared in issue 7 of Portico magazine, published October 2020.
