Professor Robert Allison

Vice-Chancellor to receive international leadership award

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Allison, is to receive an international award in recognition of his outstanding leadership.

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) announced yesterday that Professor Allison will be presented with its prestigious Leadership Award at its annual conference in August.

Speaking about his selection for the honour, the CASE award judges said: “We know that a critical success factor in institutional success in advancement is the approach and involvement of its leader – VC Bob is an exemplar.”

Professor Allison – or VC Bob, as he is known to staff, students and alumni alike – has been Vice-Chancellor of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ since 2012. Under his leadership, the University has come together as a community focused on excellence in all aspects of its endeavour.

Professor Allison has driven advancement in all forms, steering º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ to a top ten position in all the national university league tables and building on its award-winning student experience.

“To receive this award is a tremendous honour,” he said. “º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ is a very special place and I am proud to be a member of the University community. I would like to thank my colleagues, our students, alumni and many other supporters, whose commitment and hard work has been critical to º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s success.”

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It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2019 QS World University Rankings, University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2019 and top in the country for its student experience in the 2018 THE Student Experience Survey.

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ is in the top 10 of every national league table, being ranked 4th in the Guardian University League Table 2020, 5th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 and 8th in The UK Complete University Guide 2020.

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’ and is in the top 10 in England for research intensity. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.

The º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.

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