The principal and vice-chancellor of the University of the Highlands and Islands, Professor Clive Mulholland, is to retire in July 2019.
Professor Mulholland, a native of Belfast, joined the university in 2014. A biomedical scientist by training, he began his career in the scientific civil service before moving to the NHS and, latterly, the university sector.
Professor Mulholland held appointments in the University of Ulster, Queens University Belfast, Swansea University and the University of South Wales before moving to the Highlands.