Organization London

Chester Beatty cancer research (Fulham laboratory | technician | 1962-1970)

Labour Party (member | 1968 | suspended | 2016 | resigned | 2018)

Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (trade union | member)

London Borough of Lambeth (member | 1971-1973)

Greater London Council (member | 1973 | leader | 1981-1986)

Brent East (member of Parliament | 1987-2001)

Buckinghamshire County Council (education department | early 1970s)

Oxfordshire County Council (chief education officer | 1978-1989)

Keele University (professor of education | 1989-1993)

Birmingham City Council (chief education officer)

University of the First Age (founder)