Academic and Other Posts
- Research Officer in the University of Edinburgh 1968-69
- Head, Applications Section, Experimental Cartography Unit, Royal College of Art 1969-73
- Lecturer, then Reader, University of Durham 1973-1981
- Visiting Fellow, International Training Centre, Enschede, the Netherlands, 1975
- Visiting Fellow, Australian National University 1979
- Professor of Geography in the University of London 1982-91
- Dean of departments of Computer Science, Maths & Statistics, Economics and Geography, Birkbeck College 1987-91
- Director General and Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain 1992-98
- Vice-Chancellor and President, City University London
- Chairman, the Statistics Commission
- Chairman, Universities UK, Employment Business and Industry Policy Committee
- Non-Executive Director, Bank of England
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