Associate Lecturer in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Surrey, where he is a member of the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning

Has worked at the London School of Economics as an Assistant Librarian, and with the Open University as a Senior Counsellor

Has also been a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Kingston University and Senior Lecturer in Education at the Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education

Worked for many years in adult education as a teacher and teacher trainer, at Hillcroft College and the University of London Department of Extra-Mural Studies

Interests in Life Long Learning
Adult education curriculum and lifelong learning policy analysis, on which he has published books and articles

His latest book is Training to Teach in Further and Adult Education, with David Gray and Tony Nasta (Stanley Thornes : 2000) and Post-Compulsory Education into the New Millennium, edited with David Gray, is about to be published by Jessica Kingsley.