What does it take for Cambridge University to expel a student? (a) making threats to kill a fellow student? (b) raping a fellow student? (c) setting fire to a fellow student? (d) sending emails? We thank Dr Nuno Oliveira for Read more…
The 21 Group pursue policies consistent with freedom of speech and open justice. From 1–28 June 2026, an Employment Tribunal will sit at Bury St Edmunds. The claimant is Professor Neil Wyn Evans. The respondents are the University of Cambridge Read more…
We provide further testimony regarding Simon Goldhill. We thank our contributor for her honesty in recounting difficult details. Unfortunately, ‘sharking’ remains commonplace in many UK universities, as the Warwick University rapechat scandal demonstrated in 2019. It’s still a problem in Read more…
The death of Dr Jane Ying Wu, covered in Nature Careers (2026), is a profound tragedy. Following an administrative investigation at Northwestern University that resulted in the loss of her laboratory and funding, she was left without the work to Read more…
There are more revelations in The Times about Prof Simon Goldhill, as two more female academics come forward. Their stories are here. They are sobering. “The worst of them was a forced embrace, a sloppy forced kiss, hands all over. Read more…
“Goldhill-Watch” returns shortly. Additional material has been circulated to the 21 Group regarding his management of CRASSH. Simon Goldhill seems to now have a low profile on the CRASSH website. Similarly the, Cambridge Traditional Jewish Congregation has removed all references Read more…
Recent disclosures in The Times and Daily Telegraph concerning Simon Goldhill must have come as little surprise in King’s College or the Classics Faculty at Cambridge. His aggressive pattern of conduct extended over many years — arguably decades — and Read more…
In the case of Dr Oliveira, the 21 Group awaits the outcome of the Disciplinary Hearing against him held on 13 April 2026. After being mistreated in the School of Physical Sciences, Dr Oliveira refused to be silent. The University Read more…
As reported by The Times here and Daily Mail here, Prof Simon Goldhill of King’s College, Cambridge and the Faculty of Classics has been found guilty of sexual and professional misconduct. The only thing at all surprising about this is Read more…
The 21 Group is always willing to report accounts of victimisation and bullying in Universities. Please use contact@21percent.org to tell us your story. This contribution comes from a Lecturer at a University somewhere in the Midlands. “I moved to a Read more…