Professor Emeritus of Sociology
University of York
Biography
Colin was born in Birmingham in 1940. He obtained his first degree, a BSc. (Econ.), as an external student of the University of London in 1961, only to be immediately offered a teaching job on graduation at the same college where he had been studying, the City of Birmingham College of Commerce.
In 1964, he moved to York as an Assistant Lecturer in the new combined department of Politics and Sociology, obtaining his Ph.D., also as an external student of the University of London, in 1968.
Colin has been at York ever since, acting as Head of Department from 1990 to 1995, while he has been Emeritus Professor since October 2006. Although formally retired, Colin continues to contribute to conferences and workshops as well as publish books and articles.