Warwick People

Warwick's Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mark Smith, has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University. His appointment was announced following a meeting of Lancaster University's Council on the evening of Thursday 4 August. He will take up the post in January 2012.

It is with great sadness that the University reports the death of Stewart Goodwin, a student in his third year of the graduate entry Joint Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Our thoughts are with Stewart’s friends, fiancé and family at this time.

Peter Abrahams, Professor of Clinical Anatomy at Warwick Medical School, has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship, the most prestigious award for excellence in higher education teaching and support for learning.

Three people connected with Warwick have been made fellows of the British Academy, the UK's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. Professor Carolyn Steedman, Department of History, Professor Alan Norrie, School of Law, and Emeritus Professor Robin Alexander, formerly of the Institute of Education, have received the distinction of being made fellows.

The University is sad to announce the death of Professor Gordon Lawrence. Professor Lawrence passed away in Worcester Hospital on Monday 18 July 2011.