Roger Bettles, BDA Past President (1995), has retired from the Council of the University of Leicester, on which he served for 15 years, the last six years as Chairman and Pro-Chancellor. The University has dedicated a new Sports Centre in his name. During Dr Bettles' time on the Council, the University of Leicester has risen from 36th to 13th in national league tables and won awards from the Times Higher Education. Whilst Dr Bettles disclaims personal responsibility for these achievements, he does proudly lay claim to being the only university Chair to have presided over the institution that found a king in a car park.