Dr Stephen Cottrell will be moving from Goldsmiths to City University in October, where he will take up a position as Professor of Music and Head of the new department of Cultural Practice and Enterprise, which includes Music. He will join Professor Steve Stanton, and Drs Laudan Nooshin and Alexander Lingas, completing an ethnomusicology faculty of outstanding depth and breadth.

Simon McKerrell has been appointed as a Lecturer in Folk and Traditional Music at Newcastle University taking over from retiring Vic Gammon. He has held lecturing positions at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow, the University of Sheffield and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Simon is keen to hear from any ethnomusicologists who are currently researching traditional music in the UK or Ireland (smckerrellgmail.com). We also offer our best wishes to Vic Gammon for what will no doubt be a productive - but hopefully relaxing - retirement.