UCCA

/ ˈʌkə /

acronym

1. Universities Central Council on Admissions

Example Sentences

Ms. Horsechief carries a piece of her grandmother, whom she called Ucca Effie, with her when she cooks.

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The show’s cancellation, which was first reported by The Art Newspaper, is a setback for the UCCA, which is coming off the huge success of a major exhibition of works by Pablo Picasso and its recent announcement of plans to open an outpost in Shanghai.

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“He wanted to make paper of an incredible thickness,” explains Philip Tinari, a 37-year-old Mandarin-speaking American who is an expert on 1990s Chinese contemporary art and director of UCCA.

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“Sigg has recorded with almost philatelic precision the story of contemporary art in China over the past 40 years,” says Philip Tinari, the UCCA’s director.

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Having lied about my age on my Ucca form, one week after my 17th birthday, with an accent as thick as battered sausage and the life experience of someone who'd been to France twice on a ferry, I crossed to the other side of the country.

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