John Fisher was a founding student of the Open University, graduating with a first class honours degrees and qualified as a chartered librarian. He graduated with an MA in Librarianship at City University and an MSc with Distinction from Imperial College in the History and Philosophy of Science. He has a PhD from Imperial College, with his thesis on the work of James Bradley. He has also worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Imperial College and as an Associate Lecturer of the Open University.