Michael Spence has been named as 바카라사이트 next president and provost of UCL, marking a return by 바카라사이트 Australian legal scholar to a leadership role in a top British university.
Dr Spence will replace Michael Arthur in January 2021, concluding a 12-year stint as vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Sydney. He previously headed 바카라사이트 University of Oxford¡¯s Social Sciences Division.
UCL said that it had been ¡°impressed¡± by his track record including transforming Sydney¡¯s undergraduate experience, boosting its investment in multidisciplinary research and creating strategic partnerships with industry.
¡°Dr Spence is widely regarded as one of 바카라사이트 most outstanding university leaders in 바카라사이트 world and we are delighted that he has accepted 바카라사이트 role,¡± said council chairman Victor Chu.
The council also lauded Professor Arthur¡¯s achievements, including championing diversity and inclusion, overseeing 바카라사이트 largest capital programme in UCL¡¯s history, boosting its research collaboration with Europe and spearheading a ?600 million philanthropic fundraising campaign.
However, Dr Spence will face calls to re-engage with academics and rethink 바카라사이트 future of UCL. Professor Arthur, who will complete a seven-year term at UCL, has contended with?long-running staff discontent?over an alleged top-down management style, and concern that 바카라사이트 UCL East campus project could?jeopardise 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s financial stability.
Dr Spence¡¯s appointment was announced on 바카라사이트 same day that Adam Habib, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트?University of 바카라사이트 Witwatersrand, was appointed director of?SOAS University of London.
It also marks 바카라사이트 latest in a frenzy of transnational job swaps involving leadership positions at Australian universities. In December, Ulster University vice-chancellor Paddy Nixon was named as 바카라사이트 next head of 바카라사이트 University of Canberra. Professor Nixon will replace Deep Saini, who has left Canberra to lead Dalhousie University in Canada.
The same month, 바카라사이트 University of Western Australia announced that its new vice-chancellor would be former University of Western Ontario president Amit Chakma. UWA¡¯s previous leader, Dawn Freshwater, left to take 바카라사이트 helm at 바카라사이트 University of Auckland.
University of Sydney chancellor Belinda Hutchinson said Dr Spence would leave her university in a ¡°strong position¡± to tackle immediate and future challenges. ¡°Under Michael¡¯s leadership 바카라사이트 University of Sydney has grown in size and stature and has undertaken a significant modernisation programme.¡±
She highlighted his achievements, including improving 바카라사이트 university¡¯s ranking, simplifying Sydney¡¯s faculty structure, establishing multidisciplinary research initiatives and leading a A$1 billion (?514 million) philanthropic campaign.
In an email to staff, Dr Spence nominated his efforts to embed diversity and inclusion in 바카라사이트 university¡¯s culture ¨C and particularly 바카라사이트 university¡¯s progress in embracing Indigenous Australia ¨C as a source of personal pride.
He said 바카라사이트 decision to leave Sydney had been months in 바카라사이트 planning and ¡°not one I have taken lightly¡±, after being a student or staff member 바카라사이트re for more than one-third of his life.
Sydney said 바카라사이트 search for a new vice-chancellor had already commenced.
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