LANGUAGE TEACHING

The following have been appointed to the governing body of the Centre for Information of Language Teaching and Research: Derek Winslow, director and chief executive of Cardiff Institute of Higher Education, and chairman of the Policy Group of the Languages Lead Body, for three years; Jim Beale, director of PA Consulting Group, Newcastle, for a further three years; Janet Little, former head of languages at Reigate Sixth Form College, and inspector with the Further Education Funding Council, for a further three years; Mary Ryan, languages adviser with Avon County Council, and Association for Language Learning policy committee member for a further three years.

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Bradford Alan Waton, vice president and former president of the Association of 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Teachers, has been appointed dean of the faculty of social sciences at the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Bradford.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA Mohammed Sarwar, former head of mechanical engineering and systems division at Sheffield Hallam 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, has been appointed head of department of mechanical engineering and manufacturing systems.

GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY Dan Kirkwood, formerly at Robert Gordon 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and a consultant for the oil industry in the United Kingdom, has been appointed head of the department of engineering.

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David K. Harrison, formerly of Staffordshire 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and UMIST, has been appointed assistant head of the department of engineering.

UNIVERSITY OF LUTON Colin J. Coulson-Thomas, leader of the European Commission's Cobra initiative, has been appointed dean of the faculty of management.

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CHICHESTER INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Wendy Scott, former head of languages at Kingston 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, has been appointed deputy director. The Chichester Institute is the new name of the former West Sussex Institute of Higher Education.