Historical Appointment

Aucklander Professor Noel Cox has been appointed head of Wales’ oldest law and criminology department at Aberystwyth University. Cox’s main research interests include constitutional, Church-State and cyberspace law. Cox is the author of more than 1 academic papers and four books. He has worked on a number of high-profile legal cases in New Zealand and Australia and was lead consultant for a World Bank-funded project investigating legal professional standards and ethics in Kenya. Speaking of his appointment, Cox said: “I am excited by the prospect of building on the achievements of the long-established law and criminology department and look forward to energising and developing what is already a well-regarded law department, and the oldest in Wales.”