Colin Riordan
CBE FLSW
Professor Riordan in 2019
Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University
Assumed office
September 2012
Preceded bySir David Grant
Personal details
Born (1959-07-27) 27 July 1959
Paderborn, Germany
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Salary£289,000 (2021–22)[1]

Colin Bryan Riordan CBE FLSW (born 27 July 1959 in Paderborn, Germany) is a British academic who has been President and Vice-Chancellor at Cardiff University since 1 September 2012.[2]

Education

Riordan obtained his PhD from the University of Manchester in 1986.[3]

Career

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.[4]

In October 2007, he took up the post of Vice-Chancellor at the University of Essex.[5] On 1 September 2012, he became Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University.[6]

In 2013, he was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[7]

In 2015, under his purview as Vice-Chancellor, 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.[8]

Riordan was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to higher education.[9]

Research and publications

He has published on post-war German literature and culture,[10] including editing books on the writers Jurek Becker, Uwe Johnson and Peter Schneider.[11]

Personal life

In November 2017, shortly after missing Bisexual Visibility Day, Riordan came out as bisexual in a monthly email to staff.[12] 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."[13] He has two daughters from a former marriage.[14]

Memberships

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

References

  1. ↑ "Annual Report and Financial Statements Year ended 31 July 2022" (PDF). cardiff.ac.uk. Cardiff University. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "News Centre - New Vice-Chancellor for Cardiff University". Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "NewsLink - Press Office - Newcastle University". Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "NewsLink - Press Office - Newcastle University". Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Wyvern : People : March 2007". Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "News Centre - New Vice-Chancellor for Cardiff University". Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Colin Riordan". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Cardiff University research centres to tackle major world issues". BBC News. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N10.
  10. ↑ "Newcastle University ePrints".
  11. ↑ Williams, Rhys W.; Parker, Stephen; Peitsch, Helmut; Riordan, Colin (1992). German Writers and the Cold War 1945-61. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719026621.
  12. ↑ "Cardiff Uni boss: 'Why I told colleagues I'm bisexual'". BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Cardiff Uni boss: 'Why I told colleagues I'm bisexual'". BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "£288k-a-year university boss bravely comes out as bisexual in email to all staff to help those feeling 'invisible'". Mirror Online. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Universities UK - UK Board". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "Board". Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019.
  17. ↑ "Edge". Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  18. ↑ http://ecctis.co.uk/naric/Advisory%20Council/Advisory%20Council.aspx
  19. ↑ "Board of Trustees". 6 October 2014.
  20. ↑ "Board members — Equality Challenge Unit (ECU)". Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  21. ↑ "International Education Council".
  22. ↑ "International Education Council".
  23. ↑ "Universities UK - UK Board". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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