Mr Fanshawe said being named rector at Edinburgh was a "great honour". "It is a university with a great legacy and current practice of stellar research and wonderful teaching," he said.

The University of Edinburgh has announced the (uncontested) appointment of a new rector: Simon Fanshawe. In much of the reporting around this he has variously been described as a writer, an ...

The rector is a member of the University’s governing body, University Court, who champions the views of students and staff, who elect him. Fanshawe was one of the six original co-founders of LGBT+ ...

"Being named rector of the University of Edinburgh is a great honour,” he said. “It is a university with a great legacy and current practice of stellar research and wonderful teaching.

Writer and activist Simon Fanshawe has been named as the new rector of the University of Edinburgh. The former comedian, who now works as a consultant on diversity and inclusion, will take up ...

The former comedian, who now works as a consultant on diversity and inclusion, will take up office on 4 March following an uncontested election. Mr Fanshawe won a Perrier Award - awarded for the ...