Michael Driscoll (economist)

Michael John Driscoll (born 27 October 1950, Warrington) is an economist, sometime Chair of the Coalition of Modern Universities in the UK and from 1996 to 2015 was Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University in London. In 2016, he was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of Taylor's University in Malaysia.[1]

Early life

Driscoll was born and brought up in Warrington. From Trent Polytechnic, he obtained a BA in Economics.[2]

Career

He lectured in Economics at the University of Birmingham from 1977-1989. He spent three years during this period on secondments at the OECD in Paris.[2] From 1989-91 he was Head of Economics at Middlesex University.[3]

He was Chairman of the Coalition of Modern Universities from 2003-2007 (became Million+ in 2004).

gollark: It should randomly use a generated goose or actual goose and see how often people can tell the difference.
gollark: Someone should make the command more efficient by checking the goose's direction for you, automatically.
gollark: Lightmatter, apparently.
gollark: That was just someone saying it would be funny if that did happen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15048655
gollark: They must wear out the flash really fast if it has to be rewritten constantly.

References
  1. "Professor Michael Driscoll Helms Taylor's University as New VC and President" (Press release). 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  2. "About us: Executive". Middlesex University. Archived from the original on 27 October 2008.
  3. Lipsett, Anthea M (12 January 2004). "Michael Driscoll: Brand leader". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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