[1] His first academic appointments were at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and the Department of Systems Science at the City University, London.

On a NATO Defence Fellowship, he was a visiting scholar at the United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.

In 1989, Till held the Foundation Chair in Military Affairs at the United States Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia.

He sits on the executive committee of the University of Haifa's Maritime Policy & Strategy Research Center.

[5] Till was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to defence.