Standard bearer Michael Arthur, higher education's new representative on the QCA board, is a champion of the 14-19 diplomas. 31 January
Good medicine Maggi Savin-Baden, an expert in web-based virtual learning, is turning her attention to medical students' training. By John Gill 24 January
An arresting job Sue Palmer is keen to work on improving police communications skills and to dispel the view that they are all 'thickies'. By John Gill 17 January
On the front line Brian Hoskins, the new director of Imperial's Grantham Institute, looks ahead to the climate-change challenge. 10 January