30 Facts About Malcolm Grant

Malcolm Grant then served for 7 years as chairman of NHS England.

Malcolm Grant has published extensively in planning and environmental law, and local government law, including serving for 23 years as the editor of the 8 loose leaf volume Encyclopaedia of Planning Law and Practice of which he remains a consultant editor.

Malcolm Grant attended the state-run Waitaki Boys' High School and was organist at St Luke's Church.

Malcolm Grant went on to study at the University of Otago, where he respectively gained an LL.

Malcolm Grant became a Lecturer in Law at Southampton University.

Malcolm Grant was then a Professor of Law and Vice-Dean, from 1986 until 1991, of the University College London Faculty of Laws.

In 1991 Grant was elected Professor of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge and a Professorial Fellow of Clare College.

Malcolm Grant then served as Head of the Department of Land Economy at Cambridge from 1993 until 2001, and in 2002 was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the university.

In 2006 Malcolm Grant controversially stated that European students often had better English skills than many British students.

In 2007 Malcolm Grant said the achievement and academic gap between male and female students was widening.

Malcolm Grant said, "the trend indicated a big fall in the number of university-educated men".

In June 2007, in response to legal threats from Alan Lakin, husband of a purveyor of herbal remedies, Malcolm Grant required Professor David Colquhoun to remove his website, "Improbable Science" from university computers.

An outcry from the scientific community ensued, and Malcolm Grant reconsidered, inviting Dr Colquhoun to bring the site back to UCL once it had been edited on counsel's advice.

Malcolm Grant was the fourth president of an official Islamic society at a London university to face terrorist charges in three years.

Malcolm Grant served two terms of appointment as Chair of the Local Government Commission for England, having been originally appointed a member of the commission from 1992.

Malcolm Grant was Chair of the Standards Committee of the Greater London Authority, and Chair of the Association of London Government's Independent Panel on the Remuneration of Councillors in London.

Malcolm Grant brought proponents and opponents to the table, and ensured that the public voice was heard in decisions relating to genetic modification.

Malcolm Grant served from 2006 to 2009 as chair of the Russell Group of UK research universities, and as a Member of Council of the Royal Institution from 2007 to 2009.

Malcolm Grant held a Prime Ministerial appointment as a British Business Ambassador from 2008 to 2018.

Malcolm Grant served as Chancellor of the University of York between 2015 and 2022.

Malcolm Grant has acted since 2013 as Senior Adviser to President Michael Crow of Arizona State University.

Malcolm Grant has served on panels of France's Agence nationale de la recherche, including for the creation of new graduate schools and the IDEX program for restructuring of higher education and research in France.

In 2018 Malcolm Grant was appointed Chair of the Governance Board of the PLuS Alliance, the global partnership between Arizona State University, King's College London, and the University of New South Wales.

Malcolm Grant is an Honorary Life Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute ; an Honorary Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ; and Honorary Life Member of the New Zealand Resource Management Law Association.

Malcolm Grant was elected a Bencher of Middle Temple in 2004, and became Senior Bencher in 2023.

In 2003, Malcolm Grant was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to planning law and local government.

Malcolm Grant was appointed Officier de l'Ordre National de Merite of France in 2004.

In 2013, Malcolm Grant was knighted in the 2013 Birthday Honours List for services to higher education.

Malcolm Grant has been awarded honorary degrees by: University of Otago ; University College London ; University of Cambridge ; University of York ; King's College London.

Malcolm Grant is an Honorary Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Physicians.