 Adonis left the Institute for Government in January 2012, to become Chair of Progress, an internal Labour Party organisation.Having been appointed President of the Independent Academies Association, in 2012, Adonis was also admitted as a Liveryman "Honoris Causa" of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, one of the major charitable promoters of academies.Lord Adonis is a Trustee of Teach First, the charity which recruits graduates to teach in state schools, as well as a Trustee of the vocational education charity Edge, and a Governor of the Baker-Dearing Trust, which supports the establishment of University Technical Colleges, technical schools for 14- to 18-year-olds.