HE and Me

We speak to the L’Oréal-Unesco For Women In Science European Laureate for 2015

We speak to the director of the Institute of International Health and Development at Queen Margaret University

We speak to the human rights barrister, chancellor of the Asian University for Women and visiting professor in law at St Mary’s University, Twickenham

We speak to a principal lecturer at Nottingham Trent University who is also the director of the GameCity festival and co-director of the National Videogame Arcade

We speak to an international relations scholar who played a key role in the establishment of Australian-Asian studies

We speak to a geologist whose work on volcanic eruptions has earned him the equivalent of a Nobel prize for the earth sciences

We speak to one of the most highly cited global researchers about her move to become director of the health services and delivery programme at the NIHR

We speak to the publisher and incoming pro-provost and chair of the Royal College of Art’s council

We speak to London School of Economics’ chair of its court of governors and of the council

We speak to the newly knighted vice-chancellor of the University of Warwick

We speak to the next president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, the only women’s university college in Europe for students aged 21 and over

We speak to the recipient of the ‘Ultimate Game Changer’ prize at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women Awards. Plus the latest higher education appointments

We speak to the new chair of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE). Plus the latest higher education appointments

We speak to the vice-chancellor of the University of Derby

We speak to only the second woman to have held the post of rector of the University of St Andrews

We speak to the professor of law who is soon to become first female leader of Cornell University in its 149-year history

We speak to the new vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester and former chief executive of the ESRC

We speak to the Apprentice star about the importance of MBAs, running a football club and working with Lord Sugar

We speak to the new chair of council at University College London

We speak to the technical curator of Barts Pathology Museum, part of the School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London

We speak to the new chair of Universities Human Resources and HR director of the University of London

We speak to the president of Birkbeck, University of London on part-time study, older learners, Barack Obama and tuition fees

We speak to Lord Puttnam, the chair of Pearson College’s academic board

We speak to Jonathan Baker, who has joined the University of Essex as its founding professor of journalism

We speak to the director of the genomics platform at the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University

We speak to the Regius professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick and winner of the Fields Medal

We speak to the Man Booker prize judge and professor of American literature at the University of East Anglia

We speak to the new director of music at the University of East Anglia

We speak to a recipient of the L’Oréal-Unesco UK & Ireland fellowship for women in science

We speak to a recent Edge Hill graduate, Super League rugby player and brain haemorrhage survivor

We speak to the CEO of GSM London (formerly Greenwich School of Management)

We speak to the Palestinian artist and pro vice-chancellor (academic portfolio and market development) at Birmingham City University

We speak to the Frank Jackson Foundation professor of the environment, Gresham College

We speak to the soon-to-be chief operating officer and director of translation of the Francis Crick Institute

We speak to the new chancellor of the University of Birmingham

We speak to the new chair of the Council of Deans of Health

We speak to the new chair to the advisory board of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath

We speak to professor of meteorology at the University of Reading and chair of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London

We speak to the director of the UK Higher Education International Unit

We speak to the next chancellor of Staffordshire University

We speak to the Irish poet who is to take up the post of distinguished professor in English and creative writing at Lancaster University

We speak to the writer of The Eagle Has Landed and the recipient of an honorary doctorate of literature from the University of London International Programmes

We speak to the president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the highest-ranking woman in Pope Francis’ papacy

We speak to the new vice-chancellor’s fellow at the University of Melbourne, a former commissioner for environmental sustainability in Victoria

We speak to the new vice-provost (international) at University College London, a former High Commissioner to South Africa

We speak to the former Children’s Laureate and next chancellor of the University of Roehampton

We speak to the chancellor of the University of Greenwich

We speak to the theoretical physicist, EPSRC RISE Leader and professor of public engagement in science at the University of Surrey

We speak to the Speaker of the House of Commons and chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire

We speak to the new president of the Association for Science Education

We speak to the new professor of economics at the University of Manchester

We speak to the chief executive of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education

We speak to the professor of children’s literature at Goldsmiths, University of London

We speak to the chief executive of Santander UK, who is the head of a scheme supporting the HE sector

We speak to the actor and chancellor of the University of Huddersfield

We speak to the professor of computer science and dean of the Faculty of Physical Science and Engineering at the University of Southampton

We speak to City University London’s oldest graduate, who received his PhD in engineering at the age of 83

We speak to the distinguished visiting professor of higher education at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

We speak to the director of the Higher Education Policy Institute

We speak to the pro vice‑chancellor for research and innovation at Newcastle University