With over 23,000 students from 120 countries worldwide, UEL is one of the UK’s most diverse and fastest growing universities. At the heart of Europe’s largest regeneration area in the east of London, UEL plays an integral role in local development, inspiring generations with an enthusiasm for new ideas and new learning. UEL is a Global Learning Community with internationally recognised research. It has strong links with local and national businesses, and an outstanding record in widening access to students from non-traditional backgrounds.

The University of East London is a dynamic university at the cutting edge of cultural and technological change. In an increasingly competitive and highly skilled economy, it is developing programmes of teaching and research that are practical, innovative and relevant, meeting the needs of students and industry alike. UEL is now recognised as one of the UK’s leading modern universities, with researchers actively engaged in work of national and international importance across a wide range of disciplines. According to the results of the most recent government research assessment exercise, UEL is among the top ten post-1992 universities in the UK for research.

What does PASCAL do with the University of East London?

UEL contributes its expertise to PASCAL's PURE study of Thames Gateway

Professor John Storan is a PASCAL Associate

Professor Mike Osborne, Co-director of PASCAL, is an associate of Continuum at UEL.

PASCAL collaborates with the Forum for the Advancement of Continuing Education (FACE) based at UEL and is co-organising its 9th international conference in Botswana with Forum for the Advancement of Continuing Education (FACE).