2022 Honorary Fellowships

Fiona Dalgetty

Fiona Dalgetty is a musician, creative producer and project manager who who returned home to Ross-shire to take up the post of Chief Executive of Fèis Rois in April 2009. Fiona graduated MA (Hons) Celtic Studies from the University of Edinburgh before going onto build a career in the arts in Scotland.

Fiona was named in the 2018 BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour Power List, which recognised the top 40 most successful women having an impact on the music we are all listening to and was inducted by the Saltire Society as one of ten ‘Outstanding Women’ in Scotland in 2019. In her time at Fèis Rois, Fiona has expanded the organisation to have a national and international reach whilst ensuring its roots are very firmly planted in Ross-shire. She has been at the forefront of developing several regional and national creative and cultural initiatives, which have benefitted graduates, musicians, freelance artists and the wider public.

Her fellowship has been awarded in recognition of her sustained and significant impact on UHI, and to creative and cultural aspects of society in particular.

Sue Jane Taylor

Sue Jane Taylor studied fine art at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, the Slade School of Fine Art in London and Konst Academie in Stockholm. She was born and brought up on the Black Isle in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. She is renowned for her work in documenting the North Sea energy industry and continues to capture its transition to decommissioning and renewables.

In 1990, Sue Jane Taylor sculpted the Piper Alpha Memorial which is located in Hazelhead Park, Aberdeen. She actively engages in community public art and has exhibited nationally and internationally in private, public galleries and museums.

Her fellowship has been awarded in recognition of her sustained and significant contribution to UHI and to Scotland’s creative and cultural landscape.