Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas

What sounds make up London's global university? UCL has announced the winners of its 'Sounds of UCL' competition, which invited staff and students to capture ambient audio clips that reflect the life of UCL. All the tracks, along with the other submissions, are embedded below in two audio panoramas of UCL created by UCL . They also appear in the  Sounds of UCL set  on the  UCL SoundCloud channel , which has 200,000 followers. Kate Oliver (UCL Engineering) and Dr Kevin Drake (UCL Mechanical Engineering) shared first place for their recordings of the wave tank in Mechanical Engineering. Kate Oliver's track builds from gentle lulling to loud roar. Dr Kevin Drake created an imaginative recording of lute playing next to the tank. Daniel Kordik (UCL Library Services) came second for his window into life in the library before it opens and Andrew Dehany (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) took third place with his recording of a room full of refrigerators. The winners received vouchers for online stores.