Professor Kevin Grant

Dean of Stirling Business School

Management, Work and Organisation Stirling

Professor Kevin Grant

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About me

Since joining higher education in 1991, Kevin has built a sustained record of academic leadership, curriculum innovation, and sector engagement across several UK institutions. Early in his career, he served as Lecturer and Course Leader at Napier University, where he honed his expertise in programme design and student experience over five years. He then progressed to Head of Department and subsequently Head of School at Bell College of Technology, leading academic teams for four years and strengthening industry links and practice-based pedagogy. A decade at Glasgow Caledonian University followed, where, as Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Programmes, Kevin oversaw a portfolio of 23 programmes. In this role, he matured governance and assurance processes, embedded graduate attributes, and advanced student-centred design. He later joined the University of Sussex (BMEc) as Senior Lecturer and Director of Teaching and Learning, stewarding 18 undergraduate and 19 postgraduate programmes. His tenure focused on coherent programme architectures, assessment reform, and consistent teaching standards across a diverse suite. At Kent Business School, University of Kent, Kevin served as Deputy Director (Education and Professional Practice), shaping education strategy and professional engagement over three years and helping to secure AACSB. Most recently, as Director of the University of Dundee School of Business for two years, he led school-wide academic planning, accreditation readiness, and external partnerships. Currently, Kevin is Dean of the Stirling Business School, having led the School through expansion, a name change, SBC, AACSB, the DMan with UCASS and business engagement/connectivity. Across these roles, Kevin has pioneered learning innovations that have since become mainstream. His contributions include Consultancy Teaching, Flipped Learning, Authentic-Based Assessment, and the systematic articulation of graduate attributes. He launched one of the first cyber master’s degrees in IT and advanced “Feed Forward” practices to strengthen formative feedback and student attainment. His work has been showcased by the QAAHE and the National Union of Students (NUS) as sector-leading practice in Business and Management. He brings extensive experience as an external examiner and in professional-body accreditation and quality assurance. Kevin has contributed to QAAHE subject reviews and institutional reviews, and has hands-on familiarity with AACSB and EQUIS processes. This external perspective has informed robust internal quality frameworks and evidence-led enhancement. Kevin has also secured and delivered competitive research and innovation funding. Notably, he co-led KICKSTART II (with Professor David Edgar), a €1.1 million initiative advancing teaching innovation in Latin America. He has directed projects for the UK Cabinet Office on e-Health (£80k) and for SSE on Green IT (£50k), translating research insights into policy and practice with measurable impact. Throughout his career, Kevin has combined strategic leadership with pedagogic innovation, ensuring that curricula remain authentic, industry-relevant, and quality-assured. His track record demonstrates consistent delivery: aligning educational vision with clear outcomes, enabling staff to excel, and enhancing student success across undergraduate and postgraduate provision.

Triple Helix (industry, government and university interactions)

Emergent Technologies and Innovation

Community Contribution

Member of the National (UK) Steering Group on Learning, Teaching and the Student Experience, Chartered Association of Business Schools.

The LTSE Committee comprises mainly of directors of learning and teaching in member business schools. Its role is to support policy formulation and professional development in the areas of teaching, learning, assessment, quality assurance, student employability and student loans.

Vice Chair Scottish Deans Group Chartered Association of Business Schools.

The committee brings together Scottish business schools and explores the opportunities and difficulties faced in being a business school in a devolved nation.

Chair Scottish Deans Group (CABS)

Consultancy

Non Executive Director

External Examiners and Validations

Kingston, Cambridge, Brunel, Warwick, RAU, Suffolk, Edinburgh, Kent, Vassa

Professional membership

Fellow British Computer Society
BCS has over 70,000 members in 150 countries, and a wider community of business leaders, educators, practitioners and policy-makers all committed to our mission. A charity with a royal charter, our agenda is to lead the IT industry through its ethical challenges, to support the people who work in the industry, and to make IT good for society.

Professional qualification

Chartered IT Professional

University Contribution

Triple Helix and Technological Innovation

Invitation from the Management Committee of Shanxi Transition and Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone of China

AACSB

Progression Boards

Outputs (24)

Conference Paper (unpublished)

'Academic Capitalism': Universities' consultancy agendas

Grant K, Spinelli G, Duncan P, Hackney R & Edgar D (2008) 'Academic Capitalism': Universities' consultancy agendas. 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2008), Toronto, 14.08.2008-17.08.2008.

Teaching

Emergent Technologies and Innovation

Research and Consultancy Methods