[4][3] Vogel's first job was at Queen Mary University of London, continuing from his BSc, working with Professor J. R. Partington and achieving an MSc.

[3] After a short departure from academia with a foray into industry, Vogel joined the Hartley University College in 1930 as a lecturer of science.

During the 1940s Vogel formed the Woolwich Polytechnic Chemical Society, which organised lectures with world renowned scientists.

[5][6] Vogel's textbooks included:[7] These works were revised and translated in numerous editions and so became classics in the field.

He was educated at Davenant Foundation School in Whitechapel, before studying at Queen Mary University of London, where he graduated with First Class Honours in chemistry.