Staff at the University of Edinburgh have raised “urgent and profound” concerns over the handling of the institution’s switch to a new finance system.
An open letter to senior leaders calls for them to “take responsibility” for the problems that have caused “direct hardship to students and staff” and are “doing significant long-term damage to the university”.
Payments to contractors have been delayed for several weeks due to the roll-out of the “People and Money” system, while PhD students were not paid their stipends on time and new orders were suspended for a six-week period.
