 From 1989 to 1994, he held senior administrative posts in the University of London and from 1994 to 1999 in Middlesex University.From 1999, he has worked in the private educational sector, in the US (Touro College) and, from 2002 to 2006, at the American InterContinental University, London, where he was Academic Dean and Senior Vice-President.On 1 June 2007, Alderman joined the academic staff of the University of Buckingham.