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UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL Joan Bordas, head of the synchrotron radiation research division at Daresbury Laboratory, to the chair of experimental physics; David Drakakis-Smith, professor of development studies at the University of Keele, to the first chair of economic geography;

Christopher Jones, professor of social work at the University of Central Lancashire, to the chair of social policy and social work; Stephen Padgett, Jean Monnet senior lecturer at the University of Essex, to the chair of politics; Thomas Schulz, clinical research scientist at the Institute of Cancer Research, first holder of the Jefferiss chair of genito-urinary medicine; Andrew Watts, senior lecturer at Glasgow Dental Hospital and honorary consultant to Greater Glasgow Health Board, first holder of the chair in restorative dentistry; David Wilkinson, professor of psychiatry at the London Medical College, first holder of the chair of liaison psychiatry.

GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY Jim Baird (formerly at the British Hydromechanics Research Association and the Water Research Centre in Buckinghamshire) has been appointed to the Scottish and Newcastle chair of environment and society.