Chairs

UMIST

J. Hassard, head of the school of management at Keele University, chair in organisational analysis; B. Quinn, head of the department of mathematical sciences, Goldsmiths College, chair in mathematical sciences. Personal chairs have been awarded to: K. Robson, senior lecturer in the school of management; A. Borovik, reader in the department of mathematics; W. Flavell, reader in physics.

University of Central England in Birmingham

Paul Carling, director for the graduate programme in community mental health and professor of psychology at the University of Vermont and Trinity College, US, has been appointed visiting professor.

Royal College of Art

Graham Crowley, head of fine art at City and Guilds of London Art School, will succeed Paul Huxley as professor of painting in September.

Birkbeck College, University of London

Tom Schuller, director of the centre for continuing education at the University of Edinburgh, professor of lifelong learning and dean designate to the faculty of continuing education.