Vacancies, appointments, etc.

Electors to the Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Professorship of the Deep History and Archaeology of Africa

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Professorship of the Deep History and Archaeology of Africa as follows:

Professor Sharon Peacock, CHU, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council:

Professor Alfredo González-Ruibal, Institute of Heritage Sciences
Dr Tamsin O’Connell, TH

(b) on the nomination of the General Board:

Professor Manali Desai, N
Dr Freda Nkirote M’Mbogori, British Institute in Eastern Africa
Professor Marcos Martinón-Torres

(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology:

Professor Amira Bennison, M
Professor Peter Mitchell, University of Oxford
Professor Cameron Petrie, T

Electors to the Professorship of Public Policy

The Council has appointed members of the ad hoc Board of Electors to the Professorship of Public Policy as follows:

Dame Menna Frances Rawlings, Q, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council:

Professor Michael Kenny, F
Professor Manali Desai, N

(b) on the nomination of the General Board:

Professor Tim Minshall, CHU
Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, EM
Professor Graeme Roy, University of Glasgow

(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Human, Social and Political Science:

Professor Diane Coyle, CHU
Professor Meredith Crowley, JN
Professor Peter John, King’s College London

Electors to the Russell R. Geiger Professorship of Crop Science: Amendment

Further to the Notice published on 22 October 2025 (Reporter, 6800, 2025–26, p. 57), the membership of the Board of Electors to the Russell R. Geiger Professorship of Crop Science has changed and is now as follows:

Professor Nicola Padfield, F, in the Chair, as the Vice-Chancellor’s deputy

(a) on the nomination of the Council:

Professor Jane Langdale, University of Oxford

(b) on the nomination of the General Board:

Professor Mario Caccamo, NIAB, Cambridge
Professor Ian Henderson, CAI
Professor Nicholas Talbot, Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich

(c) on the nomination of the Faculty Board of Biology:

Professor Julian Hibberd, EM
Professor Jon Simons, EM
Professor Cristobal Uauy, John Innes Centre, Norwich

Vacancies in the University

A full list of current vacancies can be found at https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs.

Research Associate in the Faculty of Education (part-time, fixed-term); tenure: 0.5 FTE from 1 April 2026 to 31 May 2027; salary: £37,694–£46,049 pro rata; closing date: 18 January 2026; further details: https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-associate-part-time-fixed-term-jr48370; quote reference: JR48370

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