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Principal who transformed university to retire

THE Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of the West of Scotland has announced he plans to retire.

Professor Seamus McDaid CBE will step down next July. He joined what was then the University of Paisley as vice-principal in 1997 and was appointed to his current roles in 2005. During his tenure, he was instrumental in the merger of University of Paisley and Bell College and the creation of the University of the West of Scotland (UWS).

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