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 Middlesex University London (legally Middlesex University and abbreviated MDX) is a public research university in Hendon, northwest London, England. The name of the university is taken from its location within the historic county boundaries ...

in London. In 2016, he was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of Taylor's University in Malaysia.

Early life

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

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. From 1989-91 he was Head of Economics at Middlesex University. He was Chairman of the Coalition of Modern Universities from 2003-2007 (became Million+ in 2004).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Driscoll, Michael 1950 births Living people British economists Vice-Chancellors of Middlesex University People educated at Boteler Grammar School People from Warrington Alumni of Nottingham Trent University Academics of the University of Birmingham Academics of Middlesex University