experience

My experience includes a wide range of national, international and local work. See below for a list of positions I've held and work that I've done. Also, see my brief one page CV

Principal Associate Fellow and Honarary Fellow, Institute of Employment Studies 2011-Present
Visiting Fellow and Associate,UK Commission for Employment and Skills 2011-2015
Visiting Professor, Durham Business School 2006-Present
Programme Advisor, Cities ,Growth and Poverty, Joseph Rowntree Foundation 2013-Present
Director of Research and Policy, UK Commission for Employment and Skills 2008-2011
Member, Migration Advisory Committee 2008-2011
Director of Strategy and Research, Sector Skills Development Agency 2002-2008
Adviser to the Leitch Review of the UK’s Skill Needs 2004-2006
Director, Policy Research Institute 1988-2002
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Leeds Metropolitan University 1989-2002
Lecturer/Principal Lecturer 1972-1988
Adviser to National Skills Taskforce, Labour Market Intelligence 1998-2000

New Skills for New Jobs Agenda
Labour Market Expert for the UK
Local Development (including long term unemployment; local labour markets; industrial restructuring)
Member ESCO Board
Australia Skills Policy Dialogue

South Africa, Department of Labour: South Africa’s Future Skill Needs
South Africa, Department of Higher Education and Training/European Commission: Skills Planning Mechanism
Inter American Development Bank: Skills Anticipation
World Bank: Human Development Forum
Sri Lanka: VET Reform
Japan: Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Hiroshima and British Council Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Labour Market and Skills issues/policy in the English regions and Northern Ireland
Labour Market and Skills issues in a range of cities/localities in England
Member Northern Ireland Employment and Skills Board
Member Leeds City Region Employment and Skills Board/Panel

Honours and Designations