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University of Surrey

Appointments as follows:

Head of department
B. Weiss (electronics, computing and mathematics); J. Tostevin (physics).

Readership
M. Olssen , former senior lecturer at the University of Otago, New Zealand (education).

Lectureship
R. Bowden , former lecturer at London Guildhall University (multimedia signal processing); A. Nicholls, former senior lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University (retailing).

Academic related posts
T. Julier , assistant secretary in the vice chancellor's office; F. Wareham , administrative officer in the vice chancellor's office; M. Jeanes , conference manager; H. Beaumont and W. Smith , administrative officers in the registry; M. Boland , graduate trainee project officer in the business skills unit; L. Gerard , dietetic tutor in the school of biomedical and life sciences;  A. Degia , experimental officer in the school of biomedical and life sciences;  J. Pickett , trainee support analyst in computing services; N. Casillas , tutor in French studies; I. James , ELTC administrator.

University of Warwick

The following appointments have been made:

Rosemary Bland , former research fellow at the University, lecturer in the department of biological sciences.

Rachel Grellier , former research fellow at City University, senior research fellow in the school of health and social studies.

Bishnupriya Gupta , former lecturer at London School of Economics, lecturer in the department of economics.

Guillaume Haeringer , former research and teaching assistant at Louis Pasteur University, lecturer in the department of economics.

Andrew Parker , research fellow to lecturer in the department of sociology.

Ilias Tsiakas , former research assistant at the University of toronto, lecturer in the business school.

University of Melbourne

Philomena Murray , director of the university's contemporary Europe research centre has been awarded a Jean Monnet honorary chair by the European Union. She will be based in Dublin at the Institute of European Affairs from November to December where she has been appointed senior visiting fellow, followed in January by a term at the University of Padua.