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UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Readerships: Stuart Abell, in electronic and magnetic materials; John Fender, in macroeconomics; Colin Greaves, inorganic chemistry; Michael Grimmitt, religion in education; Steve Leach, politics and management in local government; Igor Lerner, theoretical physics; Leonard Levy, occupational health; Maureen Perrie, Russian history; Terry Slater, historical geography; Paul Stewart, endocrinology; Colin Thomas, biochemical engineering; John Thornes, applied meteorology; Bryan Turner, cellular genetics.

Honorary readership: Elwyn Elias, reader in clinical hepatology.

ROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL

Readerships: Nicholas Lemoine, consultant clinical scientist and head of molecular pathology laboratory; Elizabeth Bryan, honorary consultant paediatrician and senior lecturer, medical director of the Multiple Births Foundation.