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Michael Worton

Michael John Worton (born 1951) is a British scholar of French. From 1998 until 2013, he was Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning; Academic; and International) of University College London (UCL). He held this appointment concurrently with the university's Fielden Professorship of French Language and Literature. He retired at the end of September 2013. In light of how his research had expanded over the years into many disciplines, UCL awarded him the title of Emeritus Professor of Arts.

In 2009, he wrote ''Review of Modern Foreign Languages Provision in Higher Education in England'' for the UK Government, and he continues to promote the centrality of modern languages in education. He also champions the role of the creative and performing arts in education and research and is a passionate advocate of interdisciplinarity in research. Provided by Wikipedia