Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, in Politics and Economics at Scottish College of Commerce, Glasgow, 1961–1964; University of Strathclyde: Senior Lecturer in Government-Business Relations, 1964–1975; Head of Department of Office Organisation, 1975–1979, and Professor, 1979–1985; Professor, Department of Information Science, 1985–1988, and Chairman of Department, 1985–1987; Professor (part-time), Department of Marketing, 1988–1990.
Barrie Walters joined the University of Strathclyde in 1967 as an Assistant Lecturer in French. Subsequent appointments included: Lecturer, 1969; Adviser of Studies, 1975; Senior Adviser of Studies, c. 1983; Vice Dean, 1990; Dean, 1999.
Painted for <em>Galerie française de femmes célèbres</em>, engraved by Georges Jacques Gatine.
Created three portraits of J. M. W. Turner.