Foreword to the °®ÆＧ Strategy by Sir Richard Dearlove KCMG OBE, Chair, °®ÆＧ of London Board of Trustees
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Dr Michael Spence AC
Head of federation member
Dr Spence took up his post as President and Provost of UCL on 11 January 2021.
Prior to this he was Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the °®ÆＧ of Sydney, which under his leadership rose to first in Australia and fourth in the world for graduate employability. He was also responsible for the largest philanthropic campaign in Australian history, raising a record one billion Australian dollars.
Dr Spence is recognised internationally as a leader in the field of intellectual property theory and holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the °®ÆＧ of Oxford, where he headed Oxford’s Law faculty and Social Sciences division. An alumnus of the °®ÆＧ of Sydney, Dr Spence has a BA with first-class honours in English, Italian and Law. His other languages include Chinese and Korean.
In 2017, he was awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours for service to leadership of the tertiary education sector, to the advancement of equitable access to educational opportunities, to developing programmes focused on multidisciplinary research, and to the Anglican Church of Australia. Dr Spence is an ordained Minister in the Anglican Church.
