A vote to elect a new rector of Aberdeen University will be held next month.

It follows the controversial suspension of the results in November after allegations of campaigning 'irregularities'.

Maggie Chapman was installed as rector in 2015, however, her three-year-term is now coming to a end.

Ms Chapman and her supporters were embroiled in a campaigning row last year which ended with the election being suspended.

The rector's main role is to represent and support the students of the university and have a direct relationship with them.

There are three candidates in the running for the role, the current rector Ms Chapman, Aberdeen University student Angus Hepburn and the singer and broadcaster Fiona Kennedy.

On Wednesday, the University's Senate Committee decided that new elections will be held next month.

Voting will begin on February the 20th with the result announced two days later.