Michael Driscoll (economist)


Michael John Driscoll 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.

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.