Bachelor of Science in Physics, University College Cardiff (1981); Master of Science in Experimental Space Physics, University of Leicester (1982); Ph.D. in Spacecraft Engineering, Cranfield University (1992); Chairman of British Space Education Council; leader of the School of Mechanical, Aeronautical and Production Engineering at the Kingston University; currently Principal Lecturer in Astronautics and Space Systems at Kingston University where he currently holds both a Business and a Teaching Fellowship and is the University's 2010 Teacher of the Year; also a Faculty member of the International Space University, a Visiting Lecturer in Spacecraft Propulsion at Cranfield University; candidate for the Juno project, but did not reach the final selection.