Matthew has an extensive university career including roles as Academic Registrar at Oxford Brookes University, and Director of the Graduate School and Director of Undergraduate Recruitment at Durham University.
In addition to institutional governance his current role encompasses Student Services, Human Resources, Academic Registry and the following areas: Academic Partnership Services, Academic Services, Chaplaincy, Equality and Diversity, Governance and Secretariat Services, Housing and Welfare, Registry Services, Student Advice and Guidance, Student Wellbeing, Unisport, and Your Future Plan (Student Employability). Matthew is also the strategic lead for internationalisation.
Matthew has an interest in the history of universities as well as the contemporary sector and is the author of ‘Universities in the Age of Reform, 1800 – 1870: Durham, London, and King’s College’.