Mary Stiasney, deputy head of the school of education at Oxford Brookes University, has been appointed head of the school of education.
UKCOSA Council for International Education
James Wright, vice-chancellor of the University of Newcastle, has been elected chair of the executive committee.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Ian Crute, honorary professor at the University of Birmingham and visiting chair in plant pathology at the University of Oxford, has been appointed director of the Institute of Arable Crops Research on the retirement of Ben Miflin.