New principal for Orkney College

December 8, 2018 at 8:00 am

Incoming Orkney College principal Eddie Abbott-Halpin with incumbent principal Bill Ross.

Orkney College UHI is due to welcome a new principal next year.

Professor Eddie Abbott-Halpin will take up his post in early January and will be supported in the management team by new assistant principal Tom Duff and existing assistant principal Jo Wallace.

The appointments follow the retirements of principal Dr Bill Ross and assistant principal Issy Grieve.

Professor Abbott-Halpin is currently a professor at Leeds Beckett University in the Department of Computing, Creative Technology and Engineering, with more than 20 years experience in the further education sector, including work as a visiting professor in Sri Lanka and Iraq.