Regulator ‘asleep at the wheel’ over University of Greater Manchester investigation, MP says

The University of Greater Manchester was known as the University of Bolton until last year. Photograph: Ian Canham/Alamy

England’s universities regulator has been attacked for being “asleep at the wheel” over its delays in investigating suspected fraud, bullying and mismanagement at the University of Greater Manchester.

Phil Brickell, the MP for Bolton West whose constituency adjoins the campus, has accused the Office for Students (OfS) of failing to act on whistleblowers’ reports and media investigations for almost a year.