Roderick Floud

Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA (born 1st April 1942) is an economic historian and is currently the acting Dean of the School of Advanced Study at the University of London and the Provost of Gresham College.

Career

Educated at Brentwood School in Essex, Sir Roderick gained his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Oxford, attending Wadham College. He gained his Doctorate in 1966 from Nuffield College, Oxford.

Having been an assistant lecturer in Economic History at University College London, he became a Fellow, Tutor and Director Studies in History at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1969-1975). Between 1975 and 1988 he was the Professor of Modern History at Birkbeck, University of London, with a year as the Krater Visiting Professor of European History and Visiting Professor of Economics at Stanford University (1980-1981).

He was the Provost of the London Guildhall University (then called the City of London Polytechnic) between 1988 and 2000. Following that, he was the first Vice-Chancellor of the London Metropolitan University after it was formed out of the merger of the London Guildhall University and the University of North London. In 2004 he moved to become the President of the London Metropolitan University, a position he held until March 2006.

He became the acting Dean of the School of Advanced Study at the University of London on the 1st of August 2007. On the 1st of September 2008, he succeeded Lord Sutherland of Houndwood as the sixth Provost of Gresham College.

Sir Roderick Floud’s interest in part-time and mature students in higher education has been reflected in his participation in numerous boards and committees. These notably include: President of Universities UK (2001-2003), Vice-President of the European University Association (2005-2007), Chair of the Standing Committee for the Social Sciences at the European Science Foundation (2007-2013) .

Other Positions and Fellowships

• Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• Fellow of the British Academy (elected 2002)
• Past Master of the Guild of Educators

External Links

• Article for the Guardian Newspaper upon appointment at Gresham College.
• News piece upon appointment as the Acting Dean of the School of Advanced Study.
• Article on European Universities and the state.