article_snippet: The couple, who have three young children, deny being the source of stories revealing that the University of Bolton was lending vice-chancellor Professor George Holmes £960,000 to buy a new house and spending up to £100,000 on staff away days to the Lake District.
article_snippet: According to his union his was told his had been overheard talking on his mobile phone using the words ‘boats’ and ‘lakes’, and accused of being the source of the story that the university was sending the university 700 staff to a Lake District hotel in a series of away days for pep talks by Professor Holmes, who has a yacht moored nearby.
article_snippet: Details of the trips had been sent to all staff, while the two-year loan to Professor Holmes appeared in university accounts.
article_snippet: the university paid up to £100,000 to send all 700 of all staff for stays at  four-star Lakeside Hotel and Spa (pictured) in Lake District .
article_snippet: His 36-year-old wife, an academic administrator in the health and community studies department have denied revealing that the university lent  vice-chancellor Professor George Holmes (pictured) £960,000 to buy a new house .
article_snippet: Bizarrely, the university’s official Twitter feed briefly ‘favourited’ a UCU tweet branding 53-year-old Professor Holmes a desperate despot.
highlights_snippet: the University of Bolton loaned vice-chancellor Professor Holmes £1m for luxury house .
  vice-chancellor Professor Holmes £1m for luxury house also paid up to £100,000 to send all 700 of vice-chancellor Professor Holmes £1m for luxury house staff to the Lake District .