President & Provost's news and views
Messages to the UCL Community
- Will the machines replace us? Thinking about AI in education, 15 Mar 24
- Celebrating the Year of the Dragon in 2024 (video), 9 Feb 24
- The UK is lucky to have its international students, 7 Feb 24
- 2023
- Thanks and best wishes to you all ahead of the winter break, 19 Dec 23
- Innovation, disruptive thinking and the culture of a university, 30 Nov 23
- Ongoing support for our community, 25 Oct 23
- Israel, Gaza and our community, 12 Oct 23
- Welcome back to the new academic year, 20 Sep 23
- UCL invests £110.2m in remuneration for staff, 20 Jul 23
- Results day and the marking and assessment boycott, 05 Jul 23
- UCL and China: De-risking and engaging, 30 May 23
- Mental Health Awareness Week and UCL's Generation Covid, 12 May 23
- How do we manage disagreement and diverse views in our community?, 22 Mar 23
- It's Vote Week! A message from UCL President & Provost, Dr Michael Spence (video), Students' Union UCL, 8 Mar 23
- UCL’s political engagement, 28 Feb 23
- A New Year’s Message from UCL’s President & Provost Dr Michael Spence (video), 20 Jan 23
- Working towards better pay and conditions in a tough financial landscape, 12 Jan 23
- 2022
- Publication of Draft Strategic Plan, 31 Oct 22
- IOE 120th anniversary - message from UCL's President & Provost (English) (video), 6 Oct 22
- IOE - 120th anniversary celebration - Message from UCL President & Provost (Chinese) (video), 6 Oct 22
- Death of Queen Elizabeth II, 08 Sep 22
- Welcome new UCL postgraduates (video), 17 Jun 22
- UCL in REF 2021 - Message from Provost (video), 13 May 22
- Two years since lockdown: reflections on a tough time and our future, 24 Mar 22
- UCL's all-staff survey, My UCL Experience, 07 Mar 22
- Responding to the war in Ukraine, 02 Mar 22
- Discrimination and marginalisation will not be tolerated at UCL: A statement from the Provost, 23 Feb 22
- Launch of 2nd phase of Strategic Plan consultation, 10 Jan 22
- 2021
- Strategic Plan consultation launch, 25 Oct 21
- Invitation to staff summer event, 25 Aug 21
- Welcome UCL undergraduates (video), 18 Aug 21
- Welcome new UCL postgraduates (video), 18 Aug 21
- End of term/thank you message, 22 Jun 21
- Provost's end of term message to UCL undergraduates (video), 21 Jun 21
- Congratulations Class of 2021 (video), 15 Jun 21
- A message from the Provost about UCL’s response to events in Israel/Palestine, 20 May 21
- Message about antisemitism, 17 May 21
- Message about REF, 11 Mar 21
- Review of first month/additional closure days, 17 Feb 21
- Welcome message from UCL President & Provost Dr Michael Spence on joining UCL (video), 7 Jan 21
- Message from the Provost Professor Michael Arthur and incoming Provost Dr Michael Spence (re coronavirus restrictions), 02 Jan 21
News and Media
- How Can we Disagree well at UCL (video), in conversation with UCL Division of Medicine Early Career Researcher Network , 21 Feb 24
- Teaching creativity and critical-thinking skills is imperative as AI transforms education (article), Fast Company, Davos Dialogues, 24 Jan 24
- 2023
- UCL Staff Town Hall on our strategic priorities and goals (video), 22 Nov 23
- Sabbs on the Sofa with Issy and the Provost, Students' Union UCL (video), 7 Nov 23
- Basic Science, Innovation and Policy Plenary Session (brochure - refer to pages 50-56, i.e. pages 26-29 in PDF), Science and Technology in Society Forum (STS Forum), Kyoto, Japan, 1-3 October 2023
- Balancing humility and conviction is the art of disagreeing well (article), Times Higher Education, 31 Aug 2023
- Digitalization of education and the future of higher education (article), World University Presidents Forum (WUPF), Beijing, China, 30 July 2023
- UCL president & provost Michael Spence delivers speech at ZJU (article), Zhejiang University, 21 Jun 23
- Inspiring speech by Dr. Michael Spence, President & Provost of UCL (video), ZJU Global Lecture Series, 30 May 23
- Why we need a more balanced approach to China, by Michael Spence (article), The New Statesman, 8 May 23
- Interview with Dr Michael Spence - UCL (video), The Dose, 19 Mar 23
- 2022
- UCL East Campus To Make Contribution To London And The World (article), India Education Diary, 15 Dec 22
- UCL East campus will make ‘extraordinary contribution’ to London and the world, 6 Dec 22
- UK universities ‘systematically underpaying staff for years’ (article), Times Higher Education, 17 Nov 22
- UCL launches Gender Expression Fund to support trans and non-binary students (article), The UCL Tab, 22 Oct 22
- UCL President and Provost Dr Michael Spence AC heaped praise on the Mandarin Excellence Programme (Chinese) (video), Center for Language Education and Cooperation, 19 Jul 22
- Discussing UCL’s withdrawal from the Stonewall (video), Students' Union UCL, 24 Feb 22
- 2021
- Spence: don’t let digital investments dictate teaching policy (article), Times Higher Education, 17 Nov 21
- ‘Always hungry to do better’: how UCL rose up the rankings (article), The Guardian, 11 Sep 21
- UCL turns Jeremy Bentham’s dead body into attraction (article), The Times, 12 Jul 21
- Universities ‘must be open to free speech’, says head of UCL (article), The Standard, 8 Jun 21
- Universities should teach students how to agree to disagree says UCL provost as he hits back at campus cancel culture (article), Mail Online, 26 Apr 21
- Students must learn how to disagree in order to beat 'cancel culture', says vice-chancellor (article), The Telegraph, 25 Apr 21
- Meet Dr Michael Spence, in conversation with UCL alumna and broadcaster Vivienne Parry (video), 17 Feb 21
- UCL welcomes new President & Provost Dr Michael Spence (article), UCL News, 11 Jan 21
- 2020
- Michael Spence: chance to lead UCL post-Brexit ‘worth pay cut’ (article), Times Higher Education, 26 Feb 20