The two new institutions join the University of Birmingham, Aston University and Birmingham City University.

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At 19 he dropped out of the University of Georgia, packed his Honda Prelude (today's wheels: an Aston Martin db9) and drove 2, 000 miles to Hollywood.

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Born in 1957, the eldest of seven children, Mr Hayward gained a first class geology degree from Aston University in Birmingham, and a PhD from Edinburgh University at the age 22.

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