Prof Derek Fraser

Career: sch teacher Birmingham 1962-65; sr lectr, reader then prof of modern history Univ of Bradford 1965-83, prof of English history UCLA 1982-84, HM's Inspector of Schs history and higher educn 1984-88, staff inspector for higher educn DES 1988-90; Sheffield City Poly: asst princ (on secondment), dep princ 1991-92; vice-chllr Univ of Teesside 1992-2003; Andrew W Mellon distinguished visiting prof Franklin and Marshall Coll Penn 1979; chm Ind Football Cmmn 2001-08, ind football ombudsman 2008-; chm Standards Verification UK 2005-; memb Bd NE RDA 1998-2001; visiting prof: Univ of Vermont 1980, Stanford Univ 1981; dir English Bridge Union County Tournament 2008-; FRHistS 1980

Books and Publications: Urban Politics in Victorian England - The Structure of Politics in Victorian Cities (1976), Power and Authority in the Victorian City (1979), The Evolution of the British Welfare State (1984, 4 edn 2009), The Welfare State (2000)