A staff group founded at Cambridge in 2023, supporting members facing institutional retaliation.
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Given the turmoil in Higher Education, the 21 Group is looking at the background and behaviour of some of our very well-rewarded Vice Chancellors. We started with Professor Colin Bailey, President and Principal of Queen Mary,…
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The 21 Group is anxious to publish accounts of bullying in Universities from the viewpoint of their victims. These stories are rarely heard. Too often, we hear the bluffing of the HR Directors that “our University…
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This is Whistleblowing Awareness Week. Universities say that they encourage an open and honest reporting culture. The websites of their Human Resources departments extol the importance of speaking out if you see abuse or bullying or…
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Compared to some other areas of science, cancer research is well-funded. Institutes are supported by large grants of public money, derived from charities such as Cancer Research UK or the Wellcome Trust, or from government bodies…
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There is a human cost to bullying. The people running UK Universities don’t seem to care much about that. They are primarily interested in running the University like a business. So here, we will just look…