Michael Arthur (academic)
| Michael Arthur | |
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| President and Provost of University College London | |
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Assumed office 1 September 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Malcolm Grant |
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| Born | 3 August 1954 |
| Alma mater | University of Southampton |
| Website | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/provost/ |
Michael James Paul Arthur FMedSci (born 3 August 1954) is the tenth Provost and President of University College London, having replaced Sir Malcolm Grant in September 2013.
Arthur had previously been chairman of the Russell Group of UK universities and the vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds between September 2004 and 2013.
Arthur was born in Purley, London, England. He attended Burnt Mill School in Harlow, Essex, at a similar time as Bill Rammell. His father was a cabinet maker and his mother was a student liaison officer at an agricultural college. He went to the University of Southampton where he graduated as a Bachelor of Medicine in 1977 and became a Doctor of Medicine in 1986. From 1987-9 he studied at the University of California, San Francisco.
Arthur's academic career began at Southampton, where he was appointed research fellow and lecturer in medicine in 1982, senior lecturer in 1989 and, at the age of 37, to a Chair of Medicine in 1992. He became Director of Research at Southampton in 1995, Head of the School of Medicine in 1998 and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences in 2003. From 1 September 2004 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds. At the time of his appointment, he was the first Vice-Chancellor of a Russell Group university to have attended a comprehensive school. According to the Yorkshire Post, his salary is £253,000.
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