Alistair Cliff, former Dux of Inverness Royal Academy, graduated from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at Edinburgh University with BVM&S and Membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (MRCVS). Alistair was awarded his degree at distinction level and additionally won the Boehringer Ingelheim Prize in Small Animal Orthopaedics for his work in his final year. Alistair has already started working in the Skeldale Veterinary Centre in Thirsk, North Yorkshire – the practice made famous by the author James Herriot.