On the move

Pam Ackroyd , formerly of the University of Central Lancashire, has been appointed academic registrar at Goldsmiths College , London.

Sir Peter Hall has been appointed director of the Institute of Community Studies at University College London .

Jonathan Israel has been appointed to the faculty of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton , New Jersey, United States.

Matthew Jarron , former curator of St Andrews Preservation Trust Museum, has been app-ointed curator of the University of Dundee 's museum collection.

Mike Lewis has been appointed chair in oral medicine at the University of Wales College of Medicine Dental School.

Daniel Libeskind has been appointed Simpson professor at the University of Edinburgh 's department of architecture.

Anil Kumar , a former higher education researcher for the government, has been appointed director for people, knowledge and communication by the Chemical Industries Association .

Barbara Maher , formerly of the University of East Anglia, has taken up a chair in physical geography at Lancaster University .

Ivan Smith , a founder of the visual arts group Fine Rats International, has been appointed a fellow of sculpture at the University of Derby , with the Henry Moore Foundation.

Michael Sterling , vice-chancellor of Brunel University, has been appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham .

Graham Zellick , vice-chancellor of the University of London , has been appointed an electoral commissioner.

The University of Greenwich has appointed: Neil Hall a reader in educational research; John Morton a reader in development anthropology; and Michael Zell a reader in English local history.