Honours

Vice-Chancellor Sir Alan Wilson is to be awarded the Laureat d'Honneur of the International Geographical Union for ‘outstanding service in the work of the IGU or in international geography and environmental research'.

The Vice-Chancellor has also been awarded the 2004 European Prize in Regional Science by the European Regional Science Association for outstanding scholarship and contribution to the field of regional science and the association.

Dr Josephine Green of the mother and infant research unit has been honoured with the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology award for 2004.

Ms Susan Hamer of the school of healthcare studies has been made a fellow of the Queen’s Nursing Institute.

Professor Rachel Killick of the department of French has been awarded the Ordre des francophones d’Amérique for her leading role in the diffusion of American French.

Professors Peter Simons of philosophy and Ian Wood of history have been awarded British Academy research readerships for 2004-2006.