He held senior management roles in Scottish educational institutions for over 23 years,[1] working at three colleges that went on to achieve University status.
[3] He was brought up in Inverinate, near Kyle of Lochalsh, he was educated at Plockton High School in Ross-shire under the reign of Sorley MacLean, the Scottish Gaelic poet.
Fraser remained there until 2002 and during his time there the organisation went through much change: expanding its student numbers, undertaking a building programme and merging with the former Craigie College of Education in Ayr.
[1] Fraser became the university’s first principal and vice-chancellor, with academic robes being presented to him at a special ceremony being held to celebrate the event in August 2011.
[10] Speaking to Times Higher Education he said: “Our networked delivery and technology must bring a social enrichment to learning that overcomes the constraints imposed on our students by geography.”[11] He gave the University's Christmas lecture in December 2013.