Sometimes a single post captures, with uncomfortable precision, the mix of emotions many of us are struggling to articulate. It reflects not only the depth of feeling across our community, but also our grief that something fundamental has gone so badly wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThis is a moment of profound sadness and horror for the university. I know that some of us are angry about the failure of academic standards, while many others, are instead angry about how the university could set up a young black man to fail, and in such a horrible way. Many of us, of course, are justifiably furious regarding both. Whatever your feelings, let us direct our confusion and hurt and rage upon the senior figures who were responsible for maintaining academic integrity, our duty of care to scholars, and the university\u2019s reputation. Whatever the final conclusions regarding this awful moment may be, it is clear that something has gone appallingly wrong. Our leadership has fallen desperately short of the standards that they were entrusted to. I feel only sadness today, and am struggling to make sense of it all, as I am sure others feel too. The road ahead will be hard but we cannot continue on the road that took us to this point. [@Pain, here<\/a> ]
<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe problem lies in the institution. Had Cambridge University’s Research Integrity Office acknowledged the issue rather than repeatedly denying it, the matter might have been addressed without the need for public scrutiny. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anger should be directed at those who failed in their duty of care, integrity & stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overnight, news broke that the hugely expensive lawyers, Carter-Ruck, were employed to deter a journalist from Times Higher Education<\/em> who was investigating matters at Cambridge University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This sits uneasily with repeated assurances on protecting academic freedom \/ freedom of speech in newspaper articles from the Vice Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice<\/a>, and the Chancellor, Lord Chris Smith of Finsbury<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We cannot continue along this road. Regent House must act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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