pton . ▁He ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁Price ' s ▁Gram mar ▁School , ▁F are ham . ▁His ▁under grad uate ▁degree ▁was ▁in ▁Natural ▁Sciences ▁at ▁St ▁John ' s ▁College ▁in ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cambridge . ▁He ▁stayed ▁at ▁Cambridge ▁to ▁study ▁for ▁his ▁Ph D ▁under ▁the ▁super vision ▁of ▁Brian ▁But ter worth . ▁His ▁Ph D ▁was ▁on ▁" S li ps ▁of ▁the ▁tongue ▁and ▁what ▁they ▁tell ▁us ▁about ▁speech ▁production ". ▁ ▁For ▁his ▁Ph D ▁and ▁later ▁research ▁he ▁collected ▁a ▁cor pus ▁of ▁several ▁thousand ▁naturally ▁occurr ing ▁speech ▁errors , ▁and ▁focused ▁on ▁one ▁word ▁subst it utes ▁for ▁another ▁( e . g . ▁saying ▁" pass ▁the ▁pe pper " ▁instead ▁of ▁" pass ▁the ▁salt "). ▁He ▁concluded ▁that ▁speech ▁production ▁is ▁an ▁interactive , ▁parallel ▁process , ▁leading ▁him ▁to ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁connection ist ▁model ing , ▁and ▁research ▁on ▁computational ▁model ing , ▁age ing , ▁and ▁met ac ogn ition . ▁ ▁After ▁his ▁Ph D ▁he ▁took ▁a ▁temporary ▁lect ures hip ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁D und ee . ▁He ▁then ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁War wick , ▁where ▁he ▁stayed ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁then ▁moving ▁to ▁a ▁Senior ▁L ect ures hip ▁at ▁D und ee . ▁He ▁was ▁awarded ▁a ▁personal ▁chair ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁and ▁became ▁Head ▁of ▁Department ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁and ▁later ▁Dean ▁in ▁ 2 0