Chairs

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL. Martin Boddy, director of the school for advanced urban studies, professor of urban and regional studies; Lesley Doyal, director of research at University of West of England, professor of health and social care; Carol Propper, reader, has been awarded a personal chair; David Quinton, senior scientist at the Institute of Psychiatry, chair in psychosocial development; Sophie Watson, reader, chair in urban studies; Ray Forrest, research fellow for the ESRC and honorary fellow at the University of Hong Kong, personal chair in urban studies.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA

Michael Latham, author of the review Constructing the Team commissioned by government and industry, has been appointed visiting professor in the department of built environment.

ROYAL HOLLOWAY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Penelope Corfield, former reader in the history department; Warwick Gould, former reader in the English department.

UNIVERSITY OF WALES, ABERYSTWYTH

John Harvey, art historian, artist and lecturer in fine art, has been appointed to the chair of art.