The principal of Heythrop College has resigned as the university faces an uncertain future.

Fr Michael Holman SJ has decided to quit his role of principal, citing health reasons as one of many factors and that the four year period that he had been assigned to the college had expired.

Meanwhile, teachers and academics from Heythrop College have written to the press to voice their support for a proposed partnership with Roehampton University in order to protect Heythrop from total closure, scheduled for 2018.