Education
Professor Riordan obtained his Doctor of Philosophy from the in 1986.
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Colin Riordan
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Professor Riordan taught English as a foreign language at Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg in Germany (1982-1984). 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.
In October 2007 he took up the post of Vice-Chancellor at the University of Essex.
On 1 September 2012 he became Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University. 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 Trustee, the Edge Foundation Chair, United Kingdom Higher International Unit Chair of the International Policy Network of Universities United Kingdom In 2013 he became chair of Higher Wales, the body which represents the interests of Higher Institutions in Wales.
Membership
Vice-President and Board member of Universities United Kingdom
Board member of the Leadership Foundation for Higher
Trustee, the Edge Foundation
Member of United Kingdom NARIC Advisory Council
Member of UCAS board of trustees
Board member of the Equality Challenge Unit
Chair, United Kingdom Higher International Unit
Member of the International Council sponsored by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills
Chair of the International Policy Network of Universities United Kingdom
In 2013 he became chair of Higher Wales, the body which represents the interests of Higher Institutions in Wales.
