Higher education appointments

University of Strathclyde

Kenneth Miller , professor in the law school, has been appointed deputy chair of the Central Arbitration Committee by the secretary of state for trade and industry, for a period of three years from April 1, 2001.

Michelle Stewart of the international office at the university, has been appointed chair of BUTEX (British Universities Transatlantic Exchange Association) and will serve until December 2002.

University of Bristol

The following have been promoted to personal chairs:

Mohammed Ashraf Alam , physics
George Banting , molecular cell biology
Leo Brady , biochemistry
David Brookshaw , Luso-Brazilian studies
Alan Champneys , applied nonlinear mathematics
David Cherns , physics
Jenny Donovan , social medicine
Steve Fenton , sociology
Andrew Friedman , management and economics
David Hopkins , English literature
Roger Kerridge , law
Neil Marrion , neuroscience
Andrew Nix , communication networks
Christine Nicol , animal welfare
Richard Penty , photonics
Vala Ragnarsdottir , environmental geoscience
Rodney Sampson , roman philology
Mike Ward , inorganic chemistry
David Wynick , molecular medicine