On Saturday, February 18, a protest will be held calling for the resignation of University of Edinburgh Principal and Vice-Chancellor Peter Mathieson. Set to take place in Bristo Square between 9:30am and 1:30pm, the protest was announced on Thursday afternoon by the Staff-Student Solidarity Network and Edinburgh Youth in Resistance. The protest is timed to […]
Look what we’ve found – Peter M’s diary for January! It was bound to happen some time or another as everything gets leakED around here eventually… Week 1 Monday 9:00am Beginning of term again, and just when I think everything’s fine, I get an anxious phone call from Colm. ‘Peter, bad news, it’s LEARN’. ‘Oh […]
Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, Professor Peter Mathieson, attended a question time event run by the Edinburgh University Students’ Association. The event allowed students to submit questions beforehand that they wanted Mathieson to answer and also gave attending students the opportunity to ask questions on the night. The event opened with a […]
For what job should someone be paid a salary of £342,000 a year? Last February, the appointment of Dr. Peter Mathieson as Vice-Chancellor caused waves of controversy when it was revealed that he would be accepting a salary of £342,000, £85,000 more than his predecessor Sir Timothy O’Shea. In addition to that, he also received […]
The early months of 2018 will be memorable at the University of Edinburgh for two reasons: the appointment of Principal Peter Mathieson and the staff strikes for pension security. The new principal’s whopping salary of £342,000 per year comes at a stark contrast to those of the underpaid, undervalued staff that keep the university running. […]
The Student talks to the University of Edinburgh’s new Principal Peter Mathieson, former Vice-Chancellor and President of Hong Kong University, in his first face-to-face interview since taking post. Mathieson laid out his ambitions and plans for his tenure while discussing his £342,000 a year salary, freedom of speech and the university’s poor student satisfaction. Why […]