Professor Malcolm Press CBE

Professor Malcolm Press CBE was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University in 2015, having previously held positions at the universities of Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester and UCL.

Malcolm is an ecologist with over 200 publications covering the impacts of climate and environmental change, tropical rain forest ecology, and subsistence farming in sub-Saharan Africa.  He has studied plants and environments in a diverse range of ecosystems from the tropics to the high Arctic.

Malcolm is a trustee of both the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and the British Council. He is a member of the boards of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, and of Universities UK. Previously, he has served as president of the British Ecological Society, a trustee of the WWF, a trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, a council member of the National Trust, a council member of the Society of Biology, and as a deputy chair for a Research Excellence Framework panel. 

Malcolm was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours.

Contact

To get in touch with Professor Malcolm Press, please contact:

Phone: +44 (0)161 247 1560

Email: vice-chancellor@mmu.ac.uk