Malcolm Grant

Malcolm John Grant, CBE (born 29 November 1947) is the Provost and President of University College London. He took up the post – the principal academic and administrative officer and head of UCL – on 1 August 2003. Professor Grant was born and raised in Oamaru, New Zealand. He attended Waitaki Boys' High School (a state school) and went on to study at the University of Otago, where he gained an LLB (1970), LLM (1973) and LLD (1986). He became a Lecturer in Law at Southampton University (1972–1986). He was then a Professor of Law and Vice-Dean, from 1986 till 1991, of University College London Law Faculty. Grant was appointed Professor of Land Economy and a Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge. He then served as Head of the...