A staff group founded at Cambridge in 2023, supporting members facing institutional retaliation.
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A brief post to show that the blog is hitting new heights. The blue line is the chart of visitors to the 21 Group blog site (sessions per month versus date). Each of these sessions has on average 3-5…
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The modern university is a place where exposing misconduct is a disciplinary offence, and protecting senior professors is a core value. The victimisation is usually performed by the institution itself –- either by the HR and…
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The Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University’s Annual address was given on 1 October 2025. A written version is here. This is the Alternative Vice Chancellor’s Annual Address. “I came from 3000 miles away. When I arrived,…
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Let’s take five while we await the outcome of a (Professor at a) prominent University’s Carter-Rucking the UK media (or in Private Eye parlance, Carter-Fucking) On an earlier thread, the poster called ‘TheResearcher’ made an intriguing…
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The University of Limerick (UL) has been busy writing its own comic verse. The foxes were guarding the pen,Investigating their own sins again,Conflicts ran rife,As Transparency’s knife,Was blunted by paper and pen. At the centre of…
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Over the past five years, the culture of Cambridge University has deteriorated substantially, as judged by the numbers of Data Subject Access Requests. These are often used by individuals in dispute with the University. They are…
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An interesting blog comment appeared on our earlier posting A Sum of Adders. Readers may recall this fable provided a graphic example of DARVO. This stands for Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender and is a…
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One of the rewarding aspects of a blog is the exchange of thoughtful comments. In this posting, we highlight a contribution from Justius in the thread here. While he or she is describing events at Cambridge…