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Professor Michael Worton

Professor Worton is UCL's Vice-Provost (International). He is appointed by UCL's President &  Provost to develop, implement and coordinate UCL's global policies and strategies. Michael has management oversight of UCL's academic centres in Australia, Kazakhstan and Qatar. He is also responsible for the day-to-day management of UCL's team of global Pro-Provosts.

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• UCL Vice-Provost delivers speech on the internationalisation of higher education at major event for diplomats and educationalists (July 2012)
  

• Students better off studying in the UK (July 2011)
  
• UCL filmmaker at the Jaipur Literature Festival (March 2011)
• UCL staff and students recognised for public engagement (February 2011)
• Learning and teaching at UCL 2010–2015 (January 2011)
• UCL response to degrees accrediting non-academic skills (January 2011)
  
• Listen: Celebrating student scholarships (December 2010)
• Three British Academy awards for UCL academics (December 2010)
• UCL/City & Islington partnership celebration (November 2010)
• UCL to support heritage in the Gulf with Qatari campus – UCL-Q (October 2010)
  
• UCL Academy to proceed (August 2010)
• Agreement with Kazakhstan Ministry of Education and Science (May 2010)
  
• Principal appointed to lead new UCL Academy (March 2010)
• UCL signs partnership agreement with New University of Astana (March 2010)
• Sheikh Mohamed: Education, entrepreneurship & philanthropy in the 21st century (November 2009)
• UCL podcast: Albie Sachs – refugee to judge of refugee law (October 2009)
  
• New agreement sees more Nigerians train at UCL (July 2009)
  
• A window on how UCL enriches London life (July 2009)
  
• Celebration of Abbey research and study collaboration (July 2009)
  
• Inauguration ceremony for new UCL Fellows and Honorary Fellows
  
• UCL Fellows and Honorary Fellows ceremony: watch the video (June 2009)
• Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Disease: two great challenges (June 2009)
• Provost's Teaching Awards recognise excellence and innovation (June 2009)
• Agreement with Kazakhstan Ministry of Education and Science (May 2009)
• UCL Museums & Collections study day: learning through artefacts (April 2009)
• UCL symposium on innovative assessment (April 2009)
• UCL appoints first Director for UCL School of Energy and Resources, Australia (March 2009)
• City careers: the real picture (March 2009)
• UCL visit from Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Education and Science (March 2009)
• Camden Academy decision-making process approved (February 2009)
• New audiovisual facility for language learning (February 2009)
• Teaching, Learning and Assessment Strategy meeting (February 2009)
• UCL celebrates the Chinese New Year of the Ox (February 2009)
• North American student reception (February 2009)
• Reforming International Institutions: An Agenda for the 21st Century (January 2009)
• Global citizenship lecture marks new partnership with Commonwealth Secretariat (January 2009)
• ppointment of Dean of Students (Academic) (January 2009)
• President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at UCL (December 2008)
• Premier of South Australia visits UCL (December 2008)
• UCL to establish an Asia-Pacific base from 2009 (December 2008)
• Philip Lawrence Awards (December 2008)
• Taiwanese delegation visit UCL (December 2008)
• Inaugural lecture at UCL Centre for Transnational History (October 2008)
• Partnership for Excellence celebration (October 2008)
• Visit from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (October 2008)
• Welcome Party for UCL's Chinese Graduate Students 2008 (October 2008)
• Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills visit (September 2008)
• New team of UCL Pro-Provosts appointed (July 2008)
• Agreement with the University of Monterrey, Mexico (July 2008)Provost’s TeachingAwards winners (July 2008)
• UCL School of Energy & Resources, Australia, to be established (May 2008)
• Kazakh university teachers participate in UCL development course (April 2008)
• Two teams from Tsinghua visit UCL (March 2008)
• Green light for Camden Academy (February 2008)
• Santander-Abbey scholarships awarded (February 2008)
• UCL in the News: Why PhD students need a helping hand from their supervisors (February 2008)
• Chinese ambassador visits UCL (February 2008)Academy – Staff meeting (January 2008)
• UCL receives Saudi delegation (January 2008)
• Scholarships Award Ceremony at UCL (December 2007)
• Celebrating young people’s achievements (December 2007)
• Roland Levinsky (1943–2007): A Celebration (November 2007)
• London’s new beacon for public engagement (November 2007)
• UCL enters top ten in universities in the world (November 2007)
• UCL welcomes Vietnamese delegation (October 2007)
• Global citizenship at UCL (September 2007)
• Open meeting for UCL Academy (September 2007)
• £1 million gift for UCL Institute for Cultural Heritage from MBI Al Jaber Foundation (July 2007)
• Inaugural Provost’s Teaching Awards winners (July 2007)
• Formal link established with Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (July 2007)Kazakh Vice-Rector visits UCL (May 2007)
• The Poet of Baghdad at UCL (May 2007)
• Nabeel Yasin: the poet of Baghdad (May 2007)
• Inaugural Provost’s Teaching Awards winners (May 2007)
• Kazakh ambassador visits UCL (April 2007)
• UCL to provide bursaries for students from developing world (March 2007)
• Press cutting: Education Select Committee hears evidence from UCL (March 2007)
• UCL and Abbey sign three-year cooperation agreement (March 2007)
• State-of-the-art facilities to boost language learning (February 2007)
• 'Excellence and the UCL community: a shared endeavour’ (January 2007)NVQs awarded to UCL staff (December 2006)
• Modern languages in the UK: a crisis? (December 2006)
• Assisting Iraqi academics (November 2006)
• UCL American community enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner (November 2006)
• Scientific attachés visit UCL (October 2006)
• Freshers win UCL–City & Islington College awards (October 2006)
• Indiana Jones and phoney pharaohs whip up cash (September 2006)
• UCL becomes signatory to international statement of university principles(September 2006)
• Egyptomania Fantasia (September 2006)
• Arts metrics plan revealed (September 2006)
• French honour for UCL Vice-Provost (August 2006)
• Phillip Lawrence Awards (August 2006)
• UCL Vice-Provost to chair expert group on research metrics (July 2006)
• UCL–CIC partnership acclaimed (July 2006)
• Student volunteers recognised at awards ceremony (June 2006)
• One of the friendliest places to study; it’s official (June 2006)
• Promoting teaching and learning (April 2006)
• Sheikh Mohamed interview at UCL (March 2006)
• Global Science (February 2006)
• Qatar visit to UCL (February 2006)
• UCL hosts the Phillip Lawrence Awards (January 2006)
• Ruth Kelly visits UCL (December 2005)
• 2006 Teaching & Learning Conference (November 2005)
• David Lammy visits UCL (November 2005)
• Michael Worton interview with Dajiatan News (November 2005)
• Brazilian Ambassador visits UCL (November 2005)
• Royal Photographic Society medal for Director of UCL Media Resources (October 2005)
• National Student Survey (September 2005)
• UCL Provost lays stone for new library staircase (July 2005)
• Staff sessions on UCL’s ‘International Strategy’ (July 2005)
• Marie Curie fellowships (June 2005)
• Mexican fellowships (June 2005)
• Tribute to Leslie Aiello (May 2005)
• UCL to host RAE conference (March 2005)
• A world of difference (January 2005)
• UCL heads emerging discipline of cultural medicine (January 2005)
• UCL’s International Strategy (January 2005)
• UCL welcomes Indian High Commissioner (January 2005)
• Provost’s prize awarded (November 2004)
• UCL’s outreach activities open doors to university education (October 2004)
• UCL hosts Healing Humanities conference (August 2004)
• London’s schoolchildren embrace Europe (July 2004)
• Celebrating UCL’s volunteers (June 2004) (June 2004)
• UCL strengthens links with Singapore
• Promoting teaching and learning (June 2004)
• First Provost's Prize awarded (February 2004)
• UCL volunteers celebrate a year of achievement (August 2003)
• ‘Skills for Work’ conference equips students with tools to succeed (March 2003)
• UCL’s ‘Race Equality Policy’ and ‘Equality Action Plan’ receives commendation from HEFCE (March 2003)
• UCL Press to be relaunched (February 2003)

Professor Worton's publications