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After eight years and having completed two full terms as Director of CASA - transforming the department during the process -聽Professor Andrew Hudson-Smith is stepping down from the Head of Department role.

Andy (pictured above right)聽became CASA鈥檚 Director in 2010 when the department consisted of just three permanent academic staff. 聽He set about recruiting a further two lecturers the following year and launched CASA鈥檚 first postgraduate taught course, the MRes Advanced Spatial Analysis and Visualisation, in 2011.

Up until that point聽CASA had focused solely on research, with income largely provided by research grants and most staff on short-term contracts. 聽Today, CASA has fifteen permanent teaching staff (with more in the pipeline), two permanent research posts, five administrative positions and 135 students registered across seven programmes.

Alan Penn, Dean of the Bartlett said 鈥�I should like to thank Andy for the enthusiasm and creative effort that he has put behind every aspect of the role over the last eight years. During this time he has transformed CASA from a world leading research centre into a world leading teaching and research centre, and in doing so he has put it onto a firm financial footing as well as developing a series of taught postgraduate programmes which are in demand from excellent students around the world. The recent IQR congratulated you all on the excellence of academic practice. It doesn't stop here. New ventures on 果冻影院鈥檚 Stratford campus including a new programme in 鈥榗onnected communities鈥� are already taking shape, and Andy鈥檚 contribution as Deputy Academic Director for 果冻影院 EAST last year was much appreciated鈥�.

With a well-deserved twelve month sabbatical starting in September 2018 Andy had this to say: "CASA is world leading research centre, bringing with it excellence in not only spatial science but also with a focus on communicating data and research impact out into the community. Our move into a 鈥榤aker鈥� style space and philosophy is key to the future with a new Masters course to launch in 2021. I am looking forward to a research-based sabbatical and getting back to everything digital and urban鈥�.

Dr Adam Dennett (pictured above left)聽becomes CASA鈥檚 third Head of Department from 1st August 2018.