UCL Strategy

UCL's outlook recognises the importance of Europe and the EU to the university. The UCL Europe Strategy addresses how UCL can strengthen its role as one of the leading research-intensive universities in the European Union. The UCL Research Strategy and its associated Grand Challenges programme, in turn, aim to enhance the impact and recognition of UCL’s research on Europe and the EU.

UCL's Europe Strategy

The UCL Europe Strategy recognises that Europe is an expanding market for higher education, research and mobility, as well as a source for research funding. The key vision of the strategy is for UCL to strengthen its role in both the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and the European Research Area (ERA).

In order to achieve this, the strategy has been designed to:

further the recognition of UCL as one of Europe’s leading centres for academic research and higher education
raise awareness of UCL as a European HEI and encourage greater mobility of students and staff between UCL and European HEIs
enlist from European HEIs, public bodies and commercial organisations support for UCL’s Grand Challenges.

The strategy (UCL users can download it here) was developed by the Pro-Provost for Europe, Professor Mike Wilson. The new Pro-Provost for Europe is Professor Peter Delves, (website here); he is one of six regional advisers to Professor Michael Worton, who as the university's Vice-Provost (International) coordinates UCL's international activities. Sitting also on the executive board of the European Institute, Mike Wilson works closely with us to develop key institutional alliances for the Institute and advise on European HEI contacts.

UCL Research Strategy & Grand Challenges

UCL has drawn up a responsive, flexible and evidence-based Research Strategy (pdf) grounded on the precepts of innovation and managed risk. This strategy aims to enable UCL to deliver excellence and generate global impact in a sustainable manner. It requires an intensification of the integration, synthesis and outreach of our research.

Therefore, UCL has prioritised areas in which such interdisciplinary partnerships can thrive and the academic, public and policy impact of UCL’s research may be enhanced. Called the Grand Challenges, they are new, cross-college programmes aiming to:

increase and strengthen research on complex and systemic challenges by working across and beyond traditional disciplines
form alliances and collaborations, across multiple disciplines, focused on issues of global significance
bring the expertise and analysis of these issues into public fora to engage funding agencies, opinion-makers and legislators
realise this vision in strategic partnership with other world-class universities, local and national governmental bodies, non-governmental organisations, the NHS, funding bodies and charities.

The European Institute forms part of this investment. For more information, see Grand Challenges.

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UCL Strategy

UCL's Europe Strategy

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