Professor Emeritus, Department of Education, University of Oxford.
PhL (Gregorian, Rome), BA (UCL), PhD (London). Honours: Bene Merente Medal (Pope Pius XII, 1959), Hon. D.Litt (University of Kent, 1984), Aga Khan Award of Distinction, 2008), Hon.D.Litt, (University of London: Inst. of Education, 2015)
Director of the Department of Educational Studies at Oxford University until retirement in May 2003. From 2003 he was Lead Director of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training, a £1,000,000 six year project, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Completed the following research projects in addition to the Nuffield Review: the evaluation of the Oxford Bursary Scheme with John Fox, a £125,000 project funded from Atlantic Philanthropies, and an evaluation of quality assurance in 11 Arab Universities, with a grant funding of £12,000 from the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme).