Education
He attended the independent Street George"s College, Weybridge. From the University of Manchester he gained a Bachelor of Science degree in Maths, then did a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Huddersfield College of Education.
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John Harman
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He was a maths teacher at Greenhead College in Huddersfield from 1973-1979. He was Head of Maths at Barnsley Sixth Form College from 1979-1990, then Senior Maths Lecturer at Barnsley College (it took over the sixth form college) from 1990-1997. After the metropolitan councils were disbanded under Margaret Thatcher, he was elected to, and led, Kirklees council from 1986-1999.
In 2000, he became Chairman of the Environment Agency, and left in 2008.
He received a knighthood in 1997 for services to local government and the environment. Sir John is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an honorary fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Independent January 2009.
Membership
He became a member of the United Kingdom Labour Party from 1977 and was elected to the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Council.
