Colin Riordan

Colin Riordan is a British academic who has been President and Vice-Chancellor at Cardiff University since 1 September 2012.^[1]

Education

Professor Riordan obtained his PhD from the University of Manchester in 1986.^[2]

Career

Professor Riordan taught English as a foreign language at Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg in Germany (1982–84). He was Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer in German at Swansea University from 1986 to 1998.

He became Professor of German at Newcastle University in 1998, later being appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor and Provost of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in August 2005.^[3]

In October 2007 he took up the post of Vice-Chancellor at the University of Essex.^[4] On 1 September 2012 he became Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University.^[5]

In 2015, under his purview as Vice-Chancellor, Professor Riordan announced that Cardiff University would launch five new flagship research centres, each focusing on a world issue. These include resolving chronic diseases; the scarcity of water; the prevention of crime; studying big data; and creating smarter energy systems.^[6]

Research and publications

He has published on post-war German literature and culture,^[7] including editing books on the writers Jurek Becker, Uwe Johnson and Peter Schneider.^[8]

Personal life

In November 2017, shortly after missing Bisexual Visibility Day, Riordan came out as bisexual in a monthly email to staff.^[9] The BBC quoted him as saying, "Only a few vice chancellors have spoken out about being gay or lesbian and none about being bi, as far as I'm aware."^[10] He has two daughters from a former marriage.^[11]

Memberships

Vice-President and Board member of Universities UK^[12]
Board member of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education^[13]
Trustee, the Edge Foundation^[14]
Member of UK NARIC Advisory Council^[15]
Member of UCAS board of trustees^[16]
Board member of the Equality Challenge Unit^[17]
Chair, Universities UK International (UUKi)^[18]
Member of the International Education Council sponsored by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills^[19]
Chair of the International Policy Network of Universities UK^[20]

In 2013 he became chair of Higher Education Wales, the body which represents the interests of Higher Education Institutions in Wales.

References

^ http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/new-vice-chancellor-for-cardiff-university-7013.html
^ http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/item/1173272911
^ http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/item/1173272911
^ http://www.essex.ac.uk/wyvern/Archive/2007-03/people.htm
^ http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/new-vice-chancellor-for-cardiff-university-7013.html
^ "Cardiff University research centres to tackle major world issues". BBC. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
^ http://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/author_pubs.aspx?author_id=74751
^ https://books.google.com/books/about/German_Writers_and_the_Cold_War_1945_61.html?id=TxsNAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
^ "Cardiff Uni boss: 'Why I told colleagues I'm bisexual'". BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ "Cardiff Uni boss: 'Why I told colleagues I'm bisexual'". BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ "£288k-a-year university boss bravely comes out as bisexual in email to all staff to help those feeling 'invisible'". Mirror Online. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2014-02-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.lfhe.ac.uk/en/general/board.cfm
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-05-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://ecctis.co.uk/naric/Advisory%20Council/Advisory%20Council.aspx
^ http://www.ucas.com/about-us/inside-ucas/ucas-board-executive/meet-ucas-board
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ https://www.gov.uk/government/policy-advisory-groups/international-education-council
^ https://www.gov.uk/government/policy-advisory-groups/international-education-council
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2014-02-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Academic offices
Preceded by Sir Ivor Crewe	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex 2007–2012	Succeeded by Anthony Forster
Preceded by David Grant	Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University 2012–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] ttp://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/new-vice-chancellor-for-cardiff-university-7013.html

[2] ttp://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/item/1173272911

[3] ttp://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/newslink/item/1173272911

[4] ttp://www.essex.ac.uk/wyvern/Archive/2007-03/people.htm

[5] ttp://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/new-vice-chancellor-for-cardiff-university-7013.html

[6] "Cardiff University research centres to tackle major world issues". BBC. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[7] ttp://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/author_pubs.aspx?author_id=74751

[8] ttps://books.google.com/books/about/German_Writers_and_the_Cold_War_1945_61.html?id=TxsNAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y

[9] "Cardiff Uni boss: 'Why I told colleagues I'm bisexual'". BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[10] "Cardiff Uni boss: 'Why I told colleagues I'm bisexual'". BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[11] "£288k-a-year university boss bravely comes out as bisexual in email to all staff to help those feeling 'invisible'". Mirror Online. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[12] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2014-02-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[13] ttp://www.lfhe.ac.uk/en/general/board.cfm

[14] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-05-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[15] ttp://ecctis.co.uk/naric/Advisory%20Council/Advisory%20Council.aspx

[16] ttp://www.ucas.com/about-us/inside-ucas/ucas-board-executive/meet-ucas-board

[17] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[18] ttps://www.gov.uk/government/policy-advisory-groups/international-education-council

[19] ttps://www.gov.uk/government/policy-advisory-groups/international-education-council

[20] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2014-02-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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