{"id":3538,"date":"2026-04-22T12:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:35:17","slug":"managed-non-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/?p=3538","title":{"rendered":"Managed Non-Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Disturbed  - The Sound Of Silence (Official Music Video) [4K UPGRADE]\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u9Dg-g7t2l4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGoldhill-Watch\u201d returns shortly. Additional material has been circulated to the 21 Group regarding his management of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crassh.cam.ac.uk\" title=\"CRASSH\">CRASSH<\/a>. Simon Goldhill seems to now have a low profile on the CRASSH website. Similarly the, Cambridge Traditional Jewish Congregation has removed all references to Simon Goldhill on its website and replaced him as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctjc.org.uk\/chairs-message\" title=\"\">Chair.<\/a> Only King&#8217;s College has not realised the dangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our correspondent \u201c<em>BreakerMoran<\/em>t\u201d remains on watch at the Employment Tribunal in Bury St Edmunds concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polis.cam.ac.uk\" title=\"POLIS\">POLIS<\/a>-related proceedings. The 21 Group knows of many POLIS scandals &#8212; there are so many ticking bombs there ready to blow up any time. It&#8217;s a department that has been comprehensively mismanaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have more information on CRASSH or POLIS, please send to <a href=\"mailto:contact@21percent.org\">contact@21percent.org<\/a>. Remember, nobody wanted our universities to end up like this, so please help the 21 Group clean the place up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We update on two ongoing matters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Financial Times<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 21 Group has been engaging in correspondence with <em>The Financial Times <\/em>regarding their extraordinary Best Employer&#8217;s Survey which ranked Cambridge University <a href=\"https:\/\/21percent.org\/?p=3293\" title=\"as best in the country.\">as best in the country.<\/a>  Following the correspondence reported <a href=\"https:\/\/21percent.org\/?p=3422\" title=\"here\">here<\/a>, we followed up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Dear Hugh Carnegy,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your response. The University of Cambridge commissioned its own staff survey last year, and the results were not encouraging, as reported in The Guardian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2025\/apr\/12\/cambridge-university-accused-of-bullying-cover-up-as-internal-survey-revealed\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2025\/apr\/12\/cambridge-university-accused-of-bullying-cover-up-as-internal-survey-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the trade union (UCU) and pressure groups such as the 21 Group have sought to maintain scrutiny to ensure that systemic issues\u2014particularly bullying, discrimination, victimization and harassment\u2014are properly addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Kamal Munir, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Community and Engagement, is now relying on your survey to suggest that all is well. The results have been presented to the University\u2019s Board of Scrutiny and the Council, and widely promoted internally and on social media. &nbsp;This might be defensible if the Statista survey rested on a sound methodological foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a minimum, the FT\/Statista should disclose key metrics underpinning the ranking: including sample size by employer, inclusion thresholds, weighting methodology and recruitment of respondents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Statista surveys are conducted online. They are designed primarily for market research purposes. While the overall sample may be sufficient to estimate aggregate trends across the UK\u2014 or possibly broad sectors such as finance or consulting \u2014 it is plainly inadequate for robust inference at the level of individual employers, as the ranking purports to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You kindly suggested that we draft a Letter to the Editor for&nbsp;possible publication. We will do so shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But \u2014 importantly \u2014 we urge that the FT should hold its partner Statista to account and make sure future surveys come with enough methodological data to interpret them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Wishes 21 Group<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>No response. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notice that what is being asked &#8212; the provision of the data &#8212; is central to the credibility of the claims. If <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\" title=\"Statista\">Statista<\/a><\/em>&#8216;s work had been submitted as a paper, it would be rejected by any reputable journal if the accompanying data was not supplied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lucy Cavendish College<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ann Limb&#8217;s CV and official biographies stated that she held a PhD from the University of Liverpool and an MA with Distinction from the Institute of Linguists, and she was routinely addressed as \u201cDr Ann Limb\u201d in formal settings and public engagements. Later media inquiries, however, determined that she had not completed a doctoral programme and that the Institute of Linguists does not confer MA degrees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Dr&#8221; Ann Limb is a Fellow Commoner of Lucy Cavendish College and appeared in <em>The Reporter<\/em>&#8216;s Lists of the Fellows of the Colleges in full, but false, postgraduate dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well-publicised problems regarding Dr Ann Limb led to the 21 Group writing to Lucy Cavendish College on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Dear President<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The listing of \u201cFellows of the Colleges\u201d published in The Reporter on 19 January 2026 states<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2017 &nbsp; LIMB Dame Ann Geraldine PHD CBE DBE DL FRSA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same issue of the Reporter states that corrections should be addressed to the Senior Tutor of the College. I am sure you have seen the press reports by Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor of The Sunday Times from Deecember<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/royal-family\/article\/dame-ann-limb-kings-charity-chief-false-claim-doctorate-gtcrzsksb\">https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/royal-family\/article\/dame-ann-limb-kings-charity-chief-false-claim-doctorate-gtcrzsksb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been admitted that Ann Limb\u2019s claims on her cv that she had a PhD were false. In light of this, I am writing formally to request that the record in The Reporter be reviewed and corrected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accuracy in the recording of academic qualifications is of fundamental importance to the integrity of educational institutions. I trust that the President and Fellows of Lucy Cavendish College will take any steps they consider necessary in this matter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Wishes 21 Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s been some progress. Ann Limb does seem to have been removed from her position surreptitiously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The list of Fellow Commoners of Lucy Cavendish College, searchable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucy.cam.ac.uk\/college-community\/meet-our-people\/our-fellows\" title=\"here\">here<\/a>, does not now contain her name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, it seems action has been taken &#8230; albeit silently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGoldhill-Watch\u201d 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. 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