End of era for art college
Professor Ian Howard announced last night that he would step down, after a decade in the post, at the end of July next year to allow a new principal to take over the new college.He said: "I feel it is entirely appropriate that there should be an orderly and planned transition through which a new principal can take the college forward into a bright future."
The college says it was forced into the plan because of financial problems caused by falling property prices after a campus expansion.
If the merger wins approval from the Scottish Parliament, the new institution would begin from 1 August this year.