James Crabbe
James Crabbe is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Creative Arts, Technologies and Science and Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Bedfordshire. He is also Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford University, and Visiting Professor at the University of Reading, and at Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai in China. Before becoming Executive Dean, he was Head of the School of Animal and Microbial Sciences and Professor of Protein Biochemistry at the University of Reading, and before that a Lecturer and Fellow at the University of Oxford. In 2006 he won the 6th Aviva/Earthwatch Award for Climate Change Research. He has over 130 publications in refereed International journals, several books and book chapters, and prize-winning commercial software in molecular modelling. He is Editor of the journal Computational Biology and Chemistry, and on the editorial boards of three other journals. He is Chairman of the Trustee Directors of a Charity for Access Ability and Communications Technology (AACT), a member of the College of Experts of the Media Research Council (MRC), a member of the Advisory Board of the Coral Reef Research Unit at the University of Essex, and a former member of the Peer Review College of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). He is currently on the Executive Committee of the UK Deans of Science, a member of the Council of University Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, has been a member of the Council of the Biochemical Society, an Academic Auditor with the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), and a member of the Research Boards of the EU and of the Big Lottery Fund. He has made several classical recordings, one of which won an award, and he has worked with BBC TV and Radio, and on the Science and Art programme of the Wellcome Trust.
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Framework agreement signed for pioneering Infrastructure Tariff
A new agreement that is expected to raise more that £300 million to help pay for the growth of Milton Keynes has been signed.
Top government official visits Milton Keynes
Communities and Local Government Permanent Secretary, Peter Housden, recently visited Milton Keynes to see how growth is developing in the 'new city' and in particular those areas where MKP is responsible for project delivery.
Annual Review 2006
The MKPC Annual Review is designed to update you on our activities and to highlight some of the year’s major achievements.
