University of Greater Manchester ends contract of embattled vice-chancellor
2 sources·Updated August 6, 2026
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- Daily Mail News·4h agoControversial £290,000-a-year vice chancellor of university at centre of £1million money laundering and bribery probe is sacked
Prof George Holmes was fired after two decades at the head of the University of Greater Manchester, which is currently at the centre of a police investigation into alleged financial irregularities.
Read at Daily Mail News → - Guardian UK·18h agoUniversity of Greater Manchester ends contract of embattled vice-chancellor
George Holmes was suspended in 2025 over allegations involving financial mismanagement and other misconduct The University of Greater Manchester’s embattled vice-chancellor has had his contract terminated by the university’s governing body, ending a period of uncertainty over…
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