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Colin Riordan

As the leader of Wales’s only Russell Group university, Colin Riordan has significant influence in Welsh higher education policy: in fact Cardiff is sometimes thought to have overbearing power within the Welsh sector. Riordan has also been an active VC within Universities UK and as he’s been on the circuit since 2007, when he became … Continued
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As the leader of Wales’s only Russell Group university, Colin Riordan has significant influence in Welsh higher education policy: in fact Cardiff is sometimes thought to have overbearing power within the Welsh sector. Riordan has also been an active VC within Universities UK and as he’s been on the circuit since 2007, when he became VC at Essex. He is well known and respected across vice chancellors and often a go-to person to take part in the sector’s many ongoing reviews and reports.