David Price to step down as VP (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement) in 2022

After fifteen years as Vice-Provost (Research) and now Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement) at UCL, Professor David Price will step down at the end of this academic year. Since becoming Vice-Provost in 2007, David has overseen UCL's efforts to facilitate and promote the university's research, and its benefits for the public and impact on the world. Under his leadership, UCL became the top-rated university in the UK for research strength in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), with excellent scores across a wide spectrum of disciplines. This result reflects David's vision for UCL to address global problems, extend the reach of our publications, and to support the passion and commitment of our outstanding research community. He has also led staff across the institution in making an impressive submission for the forthcoming REF 2021, capturing the growth of UCL's research, including the remarkable work by our community to study and tackle COVID-19. David has been a member of the UCL community since 1983, and has played an integral role in the senior team as Vice-Provost for fifteen years. Appointed Professor of Mineral Physics in 1990, he has also served as Vice-Dean (Research) and then Dean in the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Head of the then UCL Department of Geological Sciences and Director of the UCL / Birkbeck Research School of Geological and Geophysical Sciences.