Talk:Neil Merritt

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[edit] Reference

Re. query on reference, I think you might have misread this. The link is here.[1] It is to a stored version of an article which appeared in The Independent (London) on March 2, 1995 by Lesley Gerard. The article is called "Why top dons are the business". I have not linked to the beginning of the article (which is on the previous page) but to the page with the relevant section, which says in the second paragraph:

Last December the University of Portsmouth accepted the resignation of its vice-chancellor, Neil Merritt, after he had admitted to submitting inaccurate claims for expenses incurred on overseas business. Professor Merritt combined his academic post with the chairmanship of Hillingdon Hospital Trust, drove a Jaguar and earned pounds 90,000 a year; he resigned following a campaign by unions and a poll in which almost 93 per cent of 1,380 staff balloted said they had no confidence in him.

This is unambiguous and was published in a leading national UK newspaper, which is an acceptable source for verification. It is obviously a significant eventuality in Neil Merritt's life and it would be misleading not to include it. Tyrenius 17:37, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Committees

I notice my text "served on committees" was changed back to "was asked to serve on committees". Presumably, as he is shown as member/chairman etc, he did actually serve. To say he was asked, implies he might not actually have done so (i.e. declined the invitation). Tyrenius 17:42, 11 July 2006 (UTC)