1983, BSc, Physics, University of Stirling 1983-85, Project Scientist, NIREX & Nuclear Physics Division, UKAEA-Harwell, Oxfordshire 1985-89, Ph.D, Engineering-Physics, University of Aberdeen/ Stanford University 1989-90, Quality Consultant, GEC, Edinburgh 1990, Appointed Lecturer in Management Science at University of Stirling 1995, Appointed Director of Management Science MSc Programmes, University of Stirling 1997, Appointed Director of Postgraduate Programmes, Department of Management