Professor David Worthington

Professor David Worthington has served as Acting Dean of the Faculty for Arts, Humanities, Business, and Education since August 2024. He is working to provide a sharpened strategic focus for the faculty while foregrounding and encouraging the efforts of the Associate Deans and their respective subject groupings. Additionally, he is aiming to further strengthen existing relationships and collaboration across UHI's senior executive and senior management teams, principals, and senior managers at all UHI partners, as well as within the higher education, further education teaching, research, and knowledge exchange communities.

With twenty-three years of experience in the university sector, Professor Worthington joined UHI as a lecturer at the Centre for History in 2008, becoming its head in 2011, a role he has held ever since. In this capacity, he has provided leadership and management for a diverse group of academics and professionals while remaining actively engaged in lecturing, supervision, student support, research, public engagement, and securing significant external funding.

He has consistently sought to look beyond the disciplinary and professional silos that can constrain academic life.