In the early 1980s he was Chairman of the Northern Ireland Higher Education Review Group, which was tasked with producing a report called the Chilver Report on how to unify the Initial teacher education (ITE) used in Northern Ireland.
In den frühen 1980er Jahren war er Vorsitzender (Chairman) der Northern Ireland Higher Education Review Group, welche mit der Erstellung eines Berichts (sog. Chilver Report) über die Vereinheitlichung der in Nordirland gebräuchlichen Initial Teacher Education (ITE) beauftragt war.