University College London Reviews

Current Employee – been working at University College London full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great work life, flexibility etc

Cons – Temporary contracts, pay can be low

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University College London full-time for more than a year

Pros – As long as you make your research progress, working hours are pretty much flexible.

Cons – Relatively lower salary compared to financial industry

Advice to Senior Management – None

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University College London part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Contributing to students learning. Good pay. Informal environment. Good communication system setup (moodle)

Cons – Work can be sometimes sparse and repetitive.

Advice to Senior Management – In class student performance/participation reviews should be better monitored.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University College London full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great research going on, lots of talented scientists and students, good seminar series enabling one to keep track of work in other fields.

Cons – Labs feel isolated from each other, often long hours and working at weekends. Things take a very long time to get done

Advice to Senior Management – Do more to make individual labs feel part of the same department

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at University College London full-time for less than a year

Pros – Friendly environment, good connection to companies, great science

Cons – salary, sometimes the environment is too friendly

Current Employee – been working at University College London full-time for more than a year

Pros – to gather work experience and for the betterment of students

Cons – it is too far away

Advice to Senior Management – better public relation leads to a better management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at University College London full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Easy going, well paid, lots of training on offer, very understanding of needs, managers were generally good people

Cons – For me there didn't seem to be any kind of structure or career path, while simultaneously no opportunities to make own decisions, apply for grants, begin own work. Always seemed to be wandering from one project to another, without any capacity to decide own future or knowledge of what the next one might be. Meant few first author publications possible

Advice to Senior Management – Involve more staff in decision making at all stages

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at University College London part-time for less than a year

Pros – Friendly and loving people. Good atmosphere with a separate staff room and kitchen.

Cons – Gets tiring at certain times of year

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at University College London full-time for more than a year

Pros – If you know what you want, and why you're in academia - it's a great place to work. London as a city is unbeatable. But make sure you work with the right people, who can get you places...

Cons – The cons are more related to post-doc life in general. Long hours, not enough recognition, hard to move up the ladder.

Advice to Senior Management – Post-docs, research associates, what ever you call them are the work horses of any research-centric institution. Treat them and reward them accordingly!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at University College London full-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible working hours, good public sector salary scheme, pension scheme, central location, lively university campus, good lunch facilities, good social facilities for staff.

Cons – Some IT hardware and software problematical and in need of updating, communication with some members of management staff was too limited, staff were sent on too many training programmes that were unnecessary.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend