Internal Interests
* 2011-2014 - Appointed to the UHI Academic Council
* 2010 - Present - Member of the UHI Professorial Forum
* 2009 - Present - Appointed UHI Ambassador
* 2007-Present Professor of Sustainable Rural Development
* 2004-Present Head of Research and Post Graduate Development, Lews Castle College, UHI.
* 2000-2004, UHI Development Director at Lews Castle College.
* 2004-2008 Member of UHI PolicyWeb (also on Management Committee and Advisory Committee)
* 1999-2004, Convenor of the Research School of Sustainable Rural Development at the UHI Millennium Institute.
* 1996-9, Head of Rural Development and Communications Department Lews Castle College.
* 1996-2000, Course Director for the University of the Highlands and Islands Project Rural Development, Degree programme (the first network degree of the UHI).
* 1995-Present, Appointed to a full-time lecturing and research post (part-time since 1993) in Rural Development with Lews Castle College.
* 1994-7, Commissioned by the University of the Highlands and Islands Project Degree Planning Committee(inter-college) to enable the preparation and delivery of the BSc Degree in Rural Development.
UHI Committees
Academic Council
Advisory Committee on Enterprise and e-marketing
Research Ethics Committee
Research Degrees Sub Committee.
Research Committee.
Information Services Sub Committee.
Subject Network Committee: Sustainable Science, Heritage and Development
Course Committee BSc Rural development.
Course Committee Heritage & Environmental Interpretation in Tourism.
Course Committee MSc Infection Control.
Course Leaders Forum.
Web Development Committee.
Library Procurement Committee.
International Student Committee.
Sabbatical Review Committee
Science and Technology Faculty Board.
Lews Castle College Committees
Senior Management Team.
Research and Scholarship Committee
Academic Board.
College Management Committee
Quality Assurance Committee.
Teaching and Learning Committee.
Research Approvals Committee
New Courses Committee
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