He was formerly the deputy director of the Institute of Education at the university. He has led a number of programmes there including the MA in Educational Studies and the MA in Business and Enterprise and he has been Director of Teacher Education. He is currently the national co-ordinator at Warwick for the Teach First programme and he is Director of External Relations for the Institute of Education. Prior to joining the university he had a successful career in schools and colleges, including being Head of a Business Studies Department in a secondary school.