Colin Riordan#
| Membership Number: | 5922 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.acu.ac.uk |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 - present Secretary General and Chief Executive of The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
- 2012 - 2023 President and Vice-Chancellor, Cardiff University
- 2007 - 2012 Vice-Chancellor, University of Essex
- 2005 - 2007 Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- 2004 - 2005 Faculty Dean of Postgraduate Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- 1998 - 2007 Professor of German, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- 1994 - 1998 Senior Lecturer in German, University of Wales, Swansea
- 1986 - 1994 Lecturer in German, University of Wales, Swansea
- 1982 - 1984 Lektor, Julius-Maximilians Universität-Würzburg
Fields of Scholarship
- History of environmental ideas in German culture
- Post-war German literature and culture
Honours and Awards
- 2013 Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
- Vice-president and board member of Universities UK
- Board member of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
- Trustee, the Edge Foundation
- Member of UK NARIC Advisory Council
- Member of UCAS board of trustees
- Board member of the Equality Challenge Unit
- Chair, Universities UK International (UUKi)
- Member of the International Education Council sponsored by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills
- Chair of the International Policy Network of Universities UK
- 2013 Chair of Higher Education Wales
- 2023 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to higher education
