Amanda Purnell, Outreach Officer in the Student Admissions & Recruitment Office, has recently been elected as UK Vice Chair (Training) for the Higher Education Liaison Officers Association (HELOA).

There were an impressive 385 entries into last week’s Bar Fusion competition. The lucky winner who was selected at random was Malcolm Newbitt, a member of staff from IT services – winning a meal for two at Bar Fusion.

Former Warwick colleague Dr Tony Rich is sadly suffering from an incurable form of cancer and former Warwick Registrar Jonathan Nicholls will be running the London Marathon in April to raise funds for cancer research.

Warwick Ventures Limited has appointed Kevin Marks as its new Chief Operations Officer.

Kevin, who joined Warwick Ventures as a Business Development Manager (BDM) in 2009, will be responsible for managing the company’s team of BDMs and will oversee all major contracts negotiated by Warwick Ventures.

Dr Donna Carroll, from the University of Warwick Library, has won both staff categories of this year’s Erasmus Prize Competition for her essay and photographic entries about her experience of the programme.