Honours and Awards

External committees

European Universities Association, Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE), European Universities Association. Vice Chair. 2007 -

VITAE, External Advisory Board, VITAE, RCUK. Chair. 2008 -

International Advisory Panel, A*STAR Graduate Academy, A*STAR, Singapore. Member. 2007 -

Council of AgroParisTech, AgroParisTech. External Panel Member. 2007 -

Medical Research Council Non-Clinical Training and Career Development Panel, Medical Research Council. member. 2005 - 2009.

Academy of Medical Sciences, Non-Clinical Careers Committee, Academy of Medical Sciences. Member. 2007 -

International Panel of Advisors, Institute of Advances Studies, Singapore, Institute of Advances Studies, Singapore. Member. 2008 -

UKIERI Evaluation Panel, British Council. Chair. 2006 -

RWTH Aachen, Graduate School Advisory Board, RWTH Aachen, Germany. External board member. 2007 -

European Universities Association (EUA), Institutional Evaluation Programme Panel of Experts, European Universities Association (EUA). member. 2007 -

UUK PMI2 Committee, UUK. Member. 2006 -

International Evaluation Panel for Third Line Funding (Institutional Strategy), German Federal Government Excellence Initiative, German Federal Government Excellence Initiative. Member. 2006 - 2007.

BBSRC Modular Training for Industry Panel, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Member. 2006 - 2008.

EUA Grenoble Universities Evaluation Panel, European Universities Association. Member. 2006 - 2007.

International Evaluation committee: an evaluation of doctoral training in Finland, FINHEEC, Goverment of Finland. international panel member. 2005 - 2005.

UK GRAD Programme, Steering Committee, RCUK. Chairman. 2004 - 2008.

Cambridge-MIT Institute(CMI), Programme Review Committee, Cambridge-MIT Institute(CMI). Member. 2004 -

Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains, Malaysia, Advisory Council, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains, Malaysia. International Advisor. 2003 -

British Federation of Women Graduates, Academic Awards Committee, British Federation of Women Graduates. Member. 2004 - 2006.

Research into Ageing, Advisory Council, Research into Ageing Research. Member. 2001 - 2005.

New Route PhD Programme, National Steering Committee, New Route PhD Programme. Member. 2001 - 2005.

Memberships of professional bodies

HEA member, Higher Education Academy. 2001 -

BSI, British Society for Immunology. 1972 -

Links with other academic bodies

University of Oxford. Education Review Committee member; review of education in the Division of Medicine.