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Simon Collinson Appointed "Chair Professor" at Zhejiang University
Professor Simon Collinson, Warwick Business School, has been appointed 'Chair Professor' at Zhejiang University by Xiaobo Wu, Executive Dean of the School of Management and Director of the National Institute for Innovation Management at Zhejiang University, China. The appointment is for a term of 3 years. Zhejiang University is ranked amongst the top-5 Universities in China.
Russell Stannard to Lecture at Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference
Principle Teaching Fellow Russell Stannard, Centre for Applied Linguistics, has been invited to speak alongside Anthony McClaran (Chief Executive of the Quality Assurance Agency) and Professor Craig Mahoney (Chief Executive of the Higher Education Academy) at the 2nd annual Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference.
Department of French Studies Wins Major AHRC Award
Professor Linda Paterson has been awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) research grant of over £400,000 to pursue a four-year Anglo-Italian collaborative project entitled 'Lyric Responses to the Crusades in Medieval France and Occitania'.
Kate Hughes - Chief Administrative Officer for the Institute of Education
It has today been announced that Kate Hughes will be seconded to the Institute of Education from 1 March 2011 to support the Institute over a period of change and development. She has been seconded in the capacity of Chief Administrative Officer to the Institute over this period.
James Marvin wins Scholarship on BBC's "Michel Roux's Service"
Warwick Graduate James Marvin, who has been taking part in the BBC TV show "Michel Roux's Service", has been awarded one of three Academy of Food and Wine scholarships that the show offers. The intention of the scholarship is to launch James into a career in high-end service.