Early years -community arts activist. Formed Trade union of Father Xmases and Mother Xmases. Created First City Farms for Urban children. Founded Housing associations, adventure playgrounds, first lunch-time theatres, member of various national campaigns such as "Fair Play for Children".

Middle years - Director of various Arts Institutions. Director of Battersea Arts Centre. Director of ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, UK’s leading centre for contemporary arts.

Recent years - Cultural Policy Advisor/consultant/producer.
Policy Advisor to Soros Foundations on Cultural Policy, consultant to Visitingarts , Roundhouse Trust, Zanzibar Film Festival, Africa Centre, Artsworldwide, World Circuit Arts.
Board Director and Trustee of many organizations including International House World Organization, LIFT London International Festival of Theatre, Hiddenart.com, Beaconsfield Gallery, Faction Films etc.

Other activities: Bee keeper, fungi gatherer, angler, tennis enthusiast, father of five.
Awarded Freedom of Maryland and honorary citizenship.
Chevalier des Arts et Lettres France.

Present position
Professor of Applied Linguistics
University of Westminster, Department of Diplomacy and Applied Languages,
309 Regent Street, London W1R 2UW, England
tel +44 20 7911 5002; fax +44 20 7915 5466; email lonergan@westminster.ac.uk

Education and Awards
1955 - 63 Woolverstone Hall School, Suffolk
1963 - 66 University of Durham BA German, Russian and History
(1965 Joint winner, University Inter-Collegiate Debating Trophy)
(1965 Winner, Robson Cup for Individual Debating)
(1966 President, Durham Union Society)
1966 - 67 University of Durham Diploma in Education
1974 Platov Scholarship from Centre for British Teachers
1974 -1975 University of Manchester M Ed (Foreign Language Learning)
1977 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
1982 English-Speaking Union Prize from HRH Prince Philip
1983 English-Speaking Union Prize from HRH Prince Philip
1987 English-Speaking Union Prize from HRH Prince Philip
1998 Fellow of the Institute of Linguists

Other Professional Experience
ongoing Director, Ministry of Defence Languages Examinations Board
ongoing Director, IELTS testing programmes, University of Westminster
ongoing Member UK ETAC – English Teaching Advisory Council for China
ongoing Executive Board of the International Certificate Conference
2001-03 Project Leader, Curriculum Reform in Interpreting, Translation and Cultural Studies, University of Tirana (TEMPUS project JEP-15060)
2000-02 UK Project Co-ordinator, Linguapeace: language for international peacekeeping (Leonard da Vinci Project No BG/00/B/P/LA/132010
1995-99 Project Leader, Curriculum Reform in Interpreting and Translation, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies & University of Xiamen (British Council/ODA)
1986-92 Joint Chief Inspector, British Council English Language Schools Accreditation Scheme
1980-84 Chief Examiner, RSA Communicative Competence in Listening Skills
1971-79 Centre for British Teachers: teacher and teacher trainer in Germany
1967-71 Blackpool Collegiate School for Girls - teacher of Russian and German

Overseas experience
Poland: Seminar Leader at Akademia Rolnicza w Lublinie - British Council funded Summer School, 1986

A variety of advisory, training and materials development consultancies concerned with agriculture, banking, finance, interpreting and translation have been carried out in the following countries:

Albania, Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; China, Croatia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea; Luxembourg; Mexico; the Netherlands; Nigeria; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Russia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Thailand; Turkey; UK; USA; Yugoslavia.

Membership of Professional Bodies
Executive Board, International Certificate Conference
Member, English Teaching Advisory Committee for China
Member, International Association of Applied Linguistics
Member, British Association of Applied Linguistics
Member, International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Fellow of Royal Society of Arts
Fellow of Institute of Linguists
Publications: a selection only

(a) Books and text books
2003 At Ease in English (with Williams R) English for Peace keeping Purposes (in press)
2002 English für Fortgeschrittene - Neuausgabe: CD and Student's Book, Hueber Verlag, Munich
1999a Interpreting for Tomorrow: Teachers Book and Course Book (with Lei T, Lin Y and others). Shanghai University Foreign Languages Press
1999b Starting Business English: Television series (Course design and Book): broadcast by Chinese Educational TV.
Interpreting Matters: training manual for Video cassette, Connect ELT (with Hambrook J).
1997 Author and producer, Interpreting Matters, a training video for immigration court interpreters in the UK.
1996 Ingles Comercial: New BBC English, Para Espa?a Madrid 1995
1993a/b Starting Business English project: Course design passim; Television Handbook & Video Study Guide, BBC, London (with Christine Johnson)
1992b En Train de Parler: Railspeak for beginners. EuroTRAINing Consortium/EPS London. (with A. Cook)
1984 Author, Video in Language Teaching, Cambridge University Press
1992a (as Translator from German) Russian - Stage 1: Leading to the Adult Education Languages Certificate, Prüfungszentrale des Deutschen Volkshochschul-Verbandes, Frankfurt.
1991d A Decade of Development: Educational Technology and Language Learning- State of the Art Decennial Review, in Language Teaching 24/1 (pp. 1-8), Cambridge University Press.
1990a Making the most of your video camera. Centre for Information on Language Teaching (CILT), London
1988a Guida ai video nella didattica delle lingue straniere, Zanichelli, Italy (translation of Lonergan, 1984a)
1988b Video a Nyelvoktatásban, State Institute of Educational Technology (OOK), Veszprém, Hungary (translation of Lonergan, 1984a)
1987a Fremdsprachenunterricht mit Video, Hueber Verlag, Munich, (translation of Lonergan, 1984a)
1987g English für Fortgeschrittene: Student's Book with three audio cassettes, Hueber Verlag, Munich
1985a El video en la ense?anza de los idiomas, Editorial Academia, Spain (translation of Lonergan, 1984a)
1984a Video in Language Teaching, Cambridge University Press, UK and USA

(b) Chapters in Books and Articles in Learned Journals:
1994 Self Access Centres: Implications for Managers, Teachers and Learners in Self Access and the Adult Learner (ed. Esch E) CILT, London.
1993 Using a video camera to evaluate learners’ classroom performance in Video in second language teaching (eds. Arcario P & Stempleski S) New York: TESOL Inc pp. 93 - 105
1991d A Decade of Development: Educational Technology and Language Learning- State of the Art Decennial Review, in Language Teaching 24/1 (pp. 1-8), Cambridge University Press.

(c) Conference Papers and Broadcasts
2003 BBC Radio 4: Studio guest: Talking allowed: interpreting in the community
2002 Central China Radio and TV University Starting Business English broadcast by (Lonergan & Johnson, BBC English 1996)
2002 Sofia Military Academy: press conference to conclude joint EU project LINGUAPEACE
2001 UK National Defence languages seminar: assessing operational competence
2000 Madrid IATEFL: LINGUAPEACE: From Combat to Compassion
1999a New York, USA TESOL 1999 International Conference: Chair, Cross Cultural Symposium
1999b Taipei, Taiwan 2nd International Conference on Translation and Interpreting
1999c Plenary address: towards a new model of interpreter training
1999d Birmingham, UK International Association of Forensic Linguistics Symposium member, Court interpreters
1994 Panellist: The EFL Trivia Quiz! Chair: Libby Purves. Panel member. 26th IATEFL Conference. BBC World Service, Brighton, April.
1993 Interviewee: White Nights Summer School (as Director), St Petersburg Regional Television, 13 March & 18 June.
1992 Chairperson: Designing Language Courses for Business English. English-Speaking Union Symposium. BBC World Service, London, November.
1992 Studio expert: Language Live! Member of studio panel for live phone-in programme. BBC Radio 5. London, January.