Michael Worton is Vice-Provost and Fielden Professor of French Language and Literature at UCL (University College London) and he is responsible for Teaching and Learning, Quality Assurance, Academic Infrastructure, Widening Participation and Museums and Collections at UCL. He was chair of the HEFCE/AHRC Expert Group on Research Metrics, and is a member of the HERA/European Science Foundation Steering Committee, ‘Building a European Index for the Humanities’, a member of UUK/SCOP/HEFCE Measuring and Recording Student Achievement Steering Group, and of the Advisory Board, Clore Leadership Foundation.

He has spoken widely in the UK and continental Europe on the Internationalisation of HE. He is also a Director and Trustee of The Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA). From 1998-2006, he was a member of the AHRB/AHRC Council, chairing first the Museums and Galleries Committee and then the Knowledge and Evaluation Committee. He is also a member of the French Comité International de Consultation en Sciences Humaines et Sociales de l’Agence Nationale de la Recherche.

Broadly speaking, his research focuses on 20th and 21st century literature and on aspects of critical theory, feminism, gender politics, and painting and photography. He has published nine books and more than 60 articles and chapters in books.

Professor Michael Worton spoke at the 1e - Developing successful international university strategies session.