Stuart McCutcheon
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Stuart McCutcheon | |
|---|---|
 McCutcheon in 2012 | |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland | |
| In office January 2005 – March 2020 | |
| Chancellor | |
| Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington | |
| In office November 2000[1] – December 2004 | |
| Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Massey University | |
| In office January 1999 – ? | |
| Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) of Massey University | |
| In office January 1994 – December 1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stuart Norman McCutcheon Wellington, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Massey University |
Stuart Norman McCutcheon is a New Zealand university administrator and current chair of . Until March 2020 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, at which point he was the longest serving current Vice-Chancellor in New Zealand, having served three five-year terms. He was previously Vice-Chancellor at Victoria University of Wellington, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Massey University.[2]
In 2012, he was the highest paid public sector worker in New Zealand.[citation needed]
Education[]
McCutcheon was educated at Massey University where he graduated with a BAgrSc (Hons) with first class honours in 1976 before becoming a lecturer whilst completing a 1981 PhD in metabolic physiology.
Controversies[]
In September 2019, McCutcheon was criticised for not removing posters by a white supremacist group after several University of Auckland students complained that individuals wearing swastikas were intimidating students, while fascist posters, stickers and white supremacist messages were reportedly appearing on campus. Formerly, McCutcheon had labelled the claims of wider white supremacist rhetoric at the university 'nonsense'.[3][4][5][6][7]
References[]
- ^ Dye, Stuart (2 June 2004). "Auckland University hires chief from capital". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Professor Stuart McCutcheon - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ^ "Auckland Uni management won't act on white supremacist flyers". RNZ News. 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Students protest Auckland University's refusal to remove 'white supremacist' material". Newshub. 1 October 2019.
- ^ "White supremacists at Auckland Uni: Students call out uni's refusal to remove signs". Stuff. 1 October 2019.
- ^ Meech, Daniel (30 September 2019). "Auckland University refuses to remove white supremacist signs from campus". The Spinoff.
- ^ "Auckland Uni white supremacy claims 'utter nonsense', vice-chancellor says". Stuff. 12 April 2019.
- Massey University alumni
- Vice-chancellors of Victoria University of Wellington
- Living people
- Vice-Chancellors of the University of Auckland