Image shows common mallow by the wayside of Bury St Edmunds Tribunal.
There has been some interesting commentary on the wider matters raised by the Tribunal, for example here.
At the end of day eight, Prof McMahon completed his testimony.
Prof Evans stated in open court earlier that he regards Prof McMahon as one of the victims of the mishandling of this matter by the University.
Today, the tribunal continues with testimony from the former Registrary Ms Emma Rampton and the Business Manager for the School of Physical Sciences Ms Louise Akroyd.
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engineer · 18 June 2026 at 06:44
Absolutely true. Researchers should be empowered to do their research, and given clear boundaries when their behavior oversteps the line. I don’t think this could happen at Caltech or Stanford or anywhere really in the States
physicist · 18 June 2026 at 08:47
It’s all in Athene Donald’s article from 7 years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/08/silenced-bullying-universities-academic
“How many of us have contemplated the cost of speaking out against bad behaviour and thought, “no, it’s not worth it”? And how often as a result do perpetrators – great and small – get away with it?”
TheResearcher · 18 June 2026 at 08:55
She also says,
“I know Cambridge, my own university, is looking inward to try to tackle this pernicious problem. We are only now getting to grips with the magnitude and scope of the issue. It must be fixed.”
Really? What exactly changed in the last 7 years at Cambridge? Who can come forward and show that the situation improved, namely in her own School of Physical Sciences?
New Hope · 18 June 2026 at 12:30
21Group is what has changed. It is the only means of change.
Eileen Nugent · 18 June 2026 at 12:14
We could all be said to be victims of a lack of understanding of work-related stress regulation, victims of gaps in knowledge of how work-related stress regulation impacts mental health risk but who is there to take us out of the position of being a victim with respect to a lack of understanding, of being a victim with respect to gaps in knowledge – there is no one but ourselves – it’s up to us to build that understanding, it’s up to us to fill in the gaps in knowledge, it’s up to us to learn how to humanise ourselves in these situations – to find the truth of these situations – to autohumanise.
- · 18 June 2026 at 22:29
Are Munir and Hudson on cross examination tomorrow? What’s the sequence?