The odd thing is that the usual set of "people in the know" generally don't know what is up.
The smoke-screen of the NERC funding has been exposed. They were saying that funding the Dundee station would endanger the university's financial future, but paying more for a principle obviously is money well spent. And given that Clyde Space is not short of a bob or two and has good reason to spend it there, the refusal seems odd. More so given the rumour that they declined the offer by Craig Clark to personally visit the principle and vice-principle to go over a possible deal.
The rooms currently occupied by the remains of the station are not exactly prime estate, and it seems that nobody from upper management has ever visited the place, so a person-to-person feud is difficult to understand.
Best-guess is the VP is up to something (or simply won't allow his authority to be challenged) as they say it predated the current principal's appointment. For whatever reason it is a rather sad ending.
AC for obvious reasons!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
