Kenneth Urwin (31 December 1912 – 17 September 1991) was a British academic and trade union leader.
He also joined the Association of University Teachers (AUT), becoming president of his local branch, and then serving on the union's national council from 1948, and its executive committee from 1954.
[1] Under Unwin's leadership, the AUT became a more professional organisation, and it spent more time negotiating on salaries and pensions.
He helped save St David's College in Lampeter from closure by persuading it to link up with Cardiff.
[2] In 1969, Urwin left his trade union post, to become director of the London region of the new Open University.