Emeritus Professor John Brindley has been awarded an OBE in the new year honours list for his services to higher education.

University Chancellor Lord Bragg of Wigton received an honorary Doctorate of Literature for distinction in literature and broadcasting from Queens University, Belfast.

Copenhagen University has awarded emeritus professor of medieval history Peter Sawyer a D Phil honoris causa. Professor Sawyer said: "As much of my research and teaching has been concerned with the Vikings and early Scandinavian history, I have for many years had close contacts with Danish scholars. Since the 1970s I have given many lectures in Copenhagen and other Danish universities and in 1985 I was invited to write the volume on the period c.700 - 1050 in the new History of Denmark. As the only non-Danish contributor this was a huge honour. The degree conferred by Copenhagen University is an even greater one."

The new University teaching fellows were announced this month. Three-year fellowships were awarded to Kath Hodgson, quality management and enhancement unit and George MacDonald Ross, philosophy. Existing one-year awards were increased to full fellowships for Martyn Clark, computing and Kirsty Forrest, anaesthesia.

Developmental fellowships were awarded to David Adams, biological sciences, Peter Collis, PCI and Siobhan Hugh-Jones, institute of psychological sciences.