I am a good administrator, but decided to give up this aspect of my work in October 2002 in order to concentrate on research and teaching. Below I will give a brief summary of my past administrative work.

From Sept. 1991 to Sept. 1996 I had responsibility for the Environmental Biology Single Field as Field Chair. This involved administration of a field of over 120 students, attendance at Modular Course Committee meetings, chairing field meetings, monitoring student progress, and considering developments in our degree scheme.

From Oct. 1996 to Sept. 2002 I was Senior Tutor with responsibility for recruitment into the Environmental Biology, Ecology, Environmental Sciences and Biology Fields, and to take charge of the administration and pastoral care of these students in their first year. From 1999 I joined the management group of the School, and took command of recruitment for the whole School, including Geology, who had recently joined us.

1) Field Meetings. These are responsible for monitoring module evaluations, and for considering new developments in the field. As Senior Tutor, I attended meetings for Biology, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Biology and Geology. I still attend the Environmental Biology meeting.

2) BMS Board. Here we consider matters which affect the whole school- teaching, research, administration and finances. I am still a member.

3) BMS management committee. This committee is responsible for formulating School policy, and its recommendations are then passed on to BMS Board for ratification. I resigned in Sept. 2002.

4) Modular Admissions Committee. This is the body that considers all matters concerned with university admissions and recruitment. We also frequently have additional sessions looking at future trends in this area. I resigned in Sept. 2002.

5) Quality and Standards Committee. Here we are concerned with the validation of programmes across the University, and with considering documents such as the QAA benchmarking scheme. I resigned in Jan. 2002.

6) Combined Studies Approval Board. Combined Studies is a Single or Joint Honours degree scheme that offers students who have already successfully completed at least one year's full-time study in Higher Education the opportunity to study a programme of their own design, built around a chosen theme that meets their personal requirements. I sat on the Combined Studies Programme Approval Board which scrutinises all programme submissions for academic coherence prior to entry on the course. I resigned in Sept. 2002.