Professor Malcolm Press is Vice-Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University. He took up his post in 2015.
Malcolm is an ecologist who has published widely on plants and ecosystems. He currently serves on the boards of the British Council, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, and UCAS. Malcolm became Vice-President (England and Northern Ireland) of Universities UK in August 2024.
Previous positions include the President of the British Ecological Society, Trusteeships at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and a council member of both the National Trust and the Society for Biology.
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2022 in recognition of his contributions to education.
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