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Driscoll was born and brought up in Warrington. From obtained a BA in Economics from Trent Polytechnic. [2]
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 1989–1991 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).
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