Outgoing PSNI chief constable Sir Hugh Orde is to return to Northern Ireland as a visiting professor at the University of Ulster, it was announced yesterday.
On the day he cleared his desk at police HQ in east Belfast, Sir Hugh said he had accepted the unpaid position in the university's school of criminology, politics and social policy.
"I am very honoured to have been asked by the University of Ulster to accept the visiting professorship," he said.
"It is very much a reflection of the achievements of the PSNI and I am delighted the university has been kind enough to recognise that in this way.
“I very much look forward to working with students and staff,” he said.
Sir Hugh (51) is leaving the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to become president of the Association of Chief Police Officers. He will be succeeded by current Leicestershire chief Matt Baggott.
Mr Baggott will take up the role on September 22nd, with PSNI deputy chief Judith Gillespie taking charge until then.