Paul Grice

Professor Sir Paul Edward Grice, FRSE, FAcSS (born 1961) has been a senior civil servant, educational administrator and is now a University Principal and Vice Chancellor. He was clerk and chief executive of the Scottish Parliament from 1999 to 2019. He has been Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University since 2019.

Early life and education Born in 1961, Grice attended Archbishop Holgate's School in York, leaving with six O-Levels. Initially interested in pursuing a career in construction, he studied for a national diploma in building at York College of Arts and Technology. He then decided to take a higher education course and enrolled at the University of Stirling; when he took up a position in the Department for Transport. Two years later, he moved to the Department for the Environment. In 1992, he transferred to the Scottish Office Environment Department. He was head of the Housing and Urban Regeneration Branch between then and 1995, when he was appointed head of management and change. He was appointed head of the Constitution Group in 1997, In 2019, Grice was appointed Principal and Vice-chancellor of Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University. In 2021, he was also elected a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).