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51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Exeter

Paul Diffley, lecturer at the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London, chair of Italian; Peter Gibbins, general manager and head of IT research, Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd, chair of media computing; Susan Hayward, senior lecturer at the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Aston, chair of French; Christopher Moody, professor of organic chemistry, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Loughborough, chair in organic chemistry; Andrew Tettenborn, lecturer in law at Cambridge 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Bracton chair of English law.

Personal chairs have been conferred on: David Braund, reader in Greek, Roman and Georgian history, professor of Mediterranean and Black Sea history; Roger Burt, senior lecturer in economic and social history, professor of mining history; Bryony Coles, reader, professor of prehistoric archaeology; Peter Preece, reader, professor of education; Bogdan Szajkowski, co-director and course coordinator at the centre for European studies, professor of Pan-European politics.

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Birmingham

David Walker, journalist, leader writer for The Independent, has been appointed visiting professor in the university's school of public policy.

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Keele

Brigid Heywood, former Fogarty research fellow at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Washington DC and research fellow in chemistry at Bath 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ,has been appointed to the chair of inorganic chemistry and materials science. She is president of the Manchester branch of the British Federation of Women Graduates.