2009, Alan Langlands became Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, replacing Professor David Eastwood. University of Leeds On 25 March 2013, it was announced that Sir Alan had been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds replacing Professor Michael Arthur. Sir Alan took up his appointment on 1 October 2013 and stepped down from this role on 31 August 2020. Honours In October 2001 Langlands was conferred a doctor of the University of Glasgow and in April 2001 he was awarded an honorary fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners for his contribution to the general medical field for his work with the NHS. He is an honorary professor at the University of Warwick business school and the US Advisory Board of the Johns Hopkins University Bioethics Institute. He has also received honorary fellowships by the Royal College of Physicians (London), the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow), the Faculty of Public Health Medicine and the Institute of Actuaries. He holds a diploma of the Institute of Healthcare Management. He also holds membership of the Health Advisory Board at INSEAD, the External Advisory Board of the Royal College of Physicians and the National Advisory Board of the Johns Hopkins University Bioethics Institute. He has also been awarded the HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother Fellowship by the Nuffield Trust. References 1952 births Living people Academics from Glasgow People associated with the University of Dundee Alumni of the University of Glasgow Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Warwick Chief Executives of the National Health Service People educated at Allan Glen's School Knights Bachelor Vice-Chancellors of the University of Leeds Principals of the University of Dundee