Dundee University Financial Collapse Resignation

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Dundee University bosses quit after damning report into financial collapse

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University bosses quit after damning report into financial collapse led to 22 m government bailout.

Independent report said problems were "self-inflicted" and should have been clear financial position "was worse than presented" Current principal Prof Shane O'Neill and two senior members of university's governing bodies resigned.

Report said that Prof Gillespie resisted "difficult conversations" and that "few dared to speak truth to power" Report said greater scrutiny, challenge and curiosity should have been forthcoming.

Scottish government's Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth said the findings raised serious questions.

Prof O'Neill said it was with a "very heavy heart" that he had decided to step aside.

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