Congratulations to Philip Aston, of the Biosystems and Dynamical Systems research groups, who has been promoted to Professor of Mathematics with effect from 1st April 2016.  Congratulations to Sara Pasquetti, of the Fields, Strings and Geometry research group, who has been promoted to Reader in Mathematics with effect from 1st April 2016.   Congratulations to Jan Gutowski, of the Fields, Strings, and Geometry research group, who will take up the appointment of Reader in Mathematics at the end of his STFC Fellowship in Autumn 2016.