Now Emeritus Professor, Colin has spent most of his academic career as a member of Lancaster University’s Dept of Educational Research. Drawing on a profile of research and scholarship in motivational processes and a more general Social Psychology of Education, he has worked in various fields, including gender equity, the use of educational technology, transfer across educational sectors (e.g., primary to secondary school and school to HE) and behavioural problems. He has worked as Department Head, and, following from a continuing strong commitment to teaching, was Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at the concluding stage of his career. He has had two periods of membership of BERA’s Council, the first involved the development of the management of the Annual Conference and for the second he spent 7 years as Treasurer, engaging closely with the initial development of BERA’s now well established London office.