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UCL New York Alumni Reception
17 September 2024–18 September 2024, 11:30 pm–1:30 am
Connect with fellow alumni and UCL leadership while gaining insights into climate governance from UCL Laws Dean, Professor Eloise Scotford.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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UCL Alumni Relations
Location
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The Signature Room at ModernHaus SoHo27 Grand StreetNew York10013United States
UCL President & Provost, Dr Michael Spence AC and Vice-President (Advancement), Angharad Milenkovic, are excited to return to New York City and connect with you.
Ahead of UCL's bicentennary in 2026, Dr Spence and Angharad look forward to sharing our plans and hearing your thoughts on how we can position ourselves to ensure UCL remains a world-leading university.
We will be joined by guest speaker Eloise Scotford, Dean and Professor of Environmental Law at UCL Faculty of Laws, and co-Director of the UCL Centre for Law and Environment.
You’ll also have plenty of time to chat with other alumni while enjoying drinks and appetizers in this lovely space reserved just for our event.
The reception starts at 6.30pm ET on Tuesday 17 September.
About the Speakers
Eloise Scotford
Dean and Professor of Environmental Law at UCL Faculty of Laws, and co-Director of the UCL Centre for Law and Environment
Professor Scotford is a leading scholar on the legal treatment of environmental principles, air quality law, climate change governance, waste law, and environmental legislation.
Professor Scotford co-authors Fisher, Lange & Scotford, Environmental Law: Text, Cases and Materials (2nd, OUP 2019), regularly appears before UK parliamentary committees on environmental matters, and consults for the UK Government, Commonwealth Secretariat and the UN Environment Programme. Professor Scotford is Associate Member of Landmark Chambers, and a member of the Avosetta group of EU environmental law experts.
Dr Michael Spence
UCL President & Provost
Michael Spence is recognised internationally as a leader in the field of intellectual property theory and holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford, where he headed Oxford’s Law faculty and Social Sciences division.
An alumnus of the University of Sydney, he has first degrees in English, Italian and Law, and graduate training in theology, Chinese and Korean.
In 2017, Dr Spence was named a Companion of the Order of Australia in recognition of his service to the higher education sector and in 2018 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales.
Angharad Milenkovic
UCL Vice-President (Advancement)
Angharad was previously Director of Development, leading on all philanthropic income generation and the UCL supporter experience. Angharad is a deeply experienced fundraising professional, contributing to and leading philanthropic income delivery across a number of income streams in both the charity and higher education sectors.
Angharad regularly speaks in the UK and Europe for The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), primarily on developing major gift programmes, legacy fundraising and securing complex seven and eight figure gifts.