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Professor Todd Walker is logging in to do his role at the University of the Highlands and Islands from Australia
THE new principal of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) is "getting used to doing the nightshift".
That's because Professor Todd Walker is logging in to do the job from his home in Australia after Covid delayed his relocation to Scotland.
Since starting the principal and vice-chancellor job on Monday, his working day has run from 7pm until 2.30am, Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
It's been a "long" first week, he tells the Sunday National, but he's got big plans to turn UHI into the envy of European competitors and put the institution at the forefront of Scotland's coronavirus recovery.