!!!Colin Riordan \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Riordan_Colin_Cardiff Univ Staff 100_small.jpg' alt='Colin Riordan' height='220'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ __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__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __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 \\ \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Riordan_Colin/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Riordan_Colin/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Riordan_Colin/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Riordan_Colin/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit criordan}] [{ALLOW upload criordan}] [{ALLOW comment All}]