My life is a journey shaped by challenges, growth, and countless memorable moments. Every experience, whether big or small, contributes to who I am today.
Well done Hercules! {ie AI}
He even supplied the bird.
My Very brief CV
Based on one written for use in 1998. Image if you have not seen the Home page
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Alan Harrison's career included being an Admissions Tutor and Lecturer in Gastronomy (Food Social Psychology) at Surrey University, Director of the Edinburgh Hotel School at Crewe Toll, Head of Faculty of Community Studies at Canterbury College and an Open University Tutor/Examiner within the Post-Grad course in Educational Management
- He was also a University Dean in France and Switzerland and became Professor Honoris Causa in 1992. Other foreign activities saw Alan as a Tourism specialist and academic adviser in a dozen countries.
3. His books include Gastronomy 1962 and Are We Really What We Eat? 1986. more
4. Retired and living near Oxford, he is available as a speaker on AI, Amateur Scientifics and
volunteer teacher of Primary Science.
Longer CV
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Following my education university, my professional life has centered primarily on post-compulsory education. Approximately 60% of my career was spent in colleges (20%) and universities (40%).
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In 1989, I moved from education into the tourism sector, which ultimately comprised around 40% of my career. This work took me to over a dozen countries, where I was involved in various aspects of tourism development.
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Throughout my career, I also undertook volunteer work. Notably, I completed four international postings (totalling five months) in St. Petersburg, Ukraine, Ho Chi Minh City, and Nepal. In each location, I was frequently asked to assist with English language instruction and, on occasions, with science.
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My overseas work often included teaching at colleges and universities. In 1992, following a series of lectures in Strasbourg on the French judge and gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755–1826), The title of Professor Honoris Causa came my way in Switzerland. At the time, I was serving as Dean of Schiller International University at its then Engelberg campus near Lucerne.
