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A leading figure in the pharmaceutical sciences has died

We speak to the new professor of social sciences at the University of Greenwich

An eminent geneticist who ran the department where DNA fingerprinting was discovered has died

We speak to the star of Channel 4’s The Supervet and clinical chair and chief surgeon at Fitzpatrick Referrals

A leading social and cultural historian of 19th- and 20th-century Britain has died

We speak to an American linguist who will become the first foreigner to head a Norwegian institution of higher education

One of the most innovative archaeologists of his generation has died

We speak to the film, TV and theatre actor on taking an undergraduate degree in her forties at Brunel University London

We speak to the incoming vice-president (implementation) at the University of Bath

A pioneer in the application of computing to the teaching of economics has died

A leading economic historian, whose life was shaped by the upheavals of Eastern European history, has died

We speak to the vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales

A gifted neurosurgeon who touched many readers with his reflections on mortality has died tragically young

We speak to the new chief executive of the University Alliance group

A researcher who greatly enhanced our understanding of the importance of writing skills within secondary English teaching has died

We speak to the inaugural director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics

A major figure in establishing the discipline of European studies in the UK has died

We speak to the L’Oréal-Unesco For Women In Science European Laureate for 2015

One of the most radical recent thinkers about language and communication has died

We speak to the director of the Institute of International Health and Development at Queen Margaret University

We speak to the human rights barrister, chancellor of the Asian University for Women and visiting professor in law at St Mary’s University, Twickenham

One of the foremost academic librarians of his generation has died

One of the world’s leading experts on organisational psychology, known for representing how organisations work with “detail, breadth and rigour”, has died

We speak to a principal lecturer at Nottingham Trent University who is also the director of the GameCity festival and co-director of the National Videogame Arcade

A leading theatre scholar who worked closely with the playwright Samuel Beckett has died

We speak to an international relations scholar who played a key role in the establishment of Australian-Asian studies

One of the leading figures in post-war British management education has died

We speak to a geologist whose work on volcanic eruptions has earned him the equivalent of a Nobel prize for the earth sciences

The “Picasso of low-temperature geochemistry” has died

We speak to one of the most highly cited global researchers about her move to become director of the health services and delivery programme at the NIHR

One of the leading sociologists of his generation has died

We speak to the publisher and incoming pro-provost and chair of the Royal College of Art’s council

A Pulitzer prizewinning American historian who made major contributions to the study of women, African Americans and the poor has died

We speak to London School of Economics’ chair of its court of governors and of the council

A pioneer of accelerator technologies who was among the first scientists to work at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) has died

We speak to the newly knighted vice-chancellor of the University of Warwick

Research finds no correlation between publications’ impact factor and economics scholars’ perceived career payoffs. Plus the latest higher education appointments

A leading historian of mathematics and logic has died

We speak to the next president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, the only women’s university college in Europe for students aged 21 and over

We speak to the recipient of the ‘Ultimate Game Changer’ prize at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women Awards. Plus the latest higher education appointments

One of the world’s leading authorities on coral reefs has died

A leading figure in the world of road transport, credited by some with creating the discipline of transport economics, has died

We speak to the new chair of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE). Plus the latest higher education appointments

The chief architect of the philosophy of critical realism has died

We speak to the vice-chancellor of the University of Derby

A leading expert on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, who was a child survivor of the Holocaust, has died

We speak to only the second woman to have held the post of rector of the University of St Andrews

A leading social work academic whose research on disadvantaged young people was always “founded in the principle of social justice” has died

We speak to the professor of law who is soon to become first female leader of Cornell University in its 149-year history

We speak to the new vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester and former chief executive of the ESRC

A leading figure in American foreign policy and a long-term dean at Georgetown University, who was described by Hillary Clinton as “a true champion for human development and women’s progress”, has died

A historian who pioneered new approaches to gender, women’s and social history has died

We speak to the Apprentice star about the importance of MBAs, running a football club and working with Lord Sugar

We speak to the new chair of council at University College London

The founding professor and first head of the department of psychology at the University of Essex has died

A pioneer in the field of sensory studies and urban design has died

We speak to the technical curator of Barts Pathology Museum, part of the School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London

A leading authority on primary education who served for more than 20 years as principal of what is now Bishop Grosseteste University has died

We speak to the new chair of Universities Human Resources and HR director of the University of London

An academic and greatly respected poet who spent more than 35 years in the School of History at Queen’s University Belfast has died