Retirements

Professor Peter Grubb and Dr David Briggs retired. Also retired this month, after 44 years at the Department, was Ray Hill.

Peter Grubb made Professor

We are delighted that Peter Grubb has been promoted to a Professorship, in recognition of his outstanding record of achievement in ecology. The University appoints Professors "in recognition of an established and significant international reputation for what is widely acknowledged to be outstanding research and scholarly distinction in the forefront of the discipline". He has taken the title of Professor of Investigative Plant Ecology.