The Higher Education Funding Council for England appointed three new board members this week - David Eastwood, vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia, Tim Wilson, vice-chancellor of Hertfordshire University, and Dame Patricia Hodgson, chairwoman of the Higher Education Regulation Review Group. They replace Sir Gareth Roberts, president of Wolfson College, Oxford, Steve Bundred, Audit Commission chief executive, and Ann Lloyd, chief executive of NHS Wales.