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The 21 Group campaigns against the complaisant acceptance of bullying by UK Universities. We provide support for those experiencing bullying in academia.
Cambridge, UK
Joined October 2023
Bullying is a feature of UK research universities, not a bug https://t.co/0tjHJCGM78
timeshighereducation.com
Departmental hierarchies, job precarity and institutions’ need to protect their star professors enables bullies to thrive in Britain’s top universities, says Wyn Evans
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Oxford University’s Prof Miles Hewstone led Dept's Athena SWAN application from 2012–2014☹️ He's now named in sexual harassment allegations Such awards are no guarantee of safe or equitable workplace Both universities & sex pests know how to game the system @LaylaMoran
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Sexual harassment at Oxford University was exposed by Bloomberg Great comment on 21 Group blog Warden of @NewCollegeOx -- Miles Young -- has yet to respond to allegations that there are multiple sex pests among the Fellowship https://t.co/DdvGfjEIuB
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Crisis didn’t just “happen to” universities It was overseen by @UniversitiesUK, who represent University leaders They're now pretending to be helpless bystanders There’s excuses, hand-wringing … but absolutely no one taking responsibility https://t.co/nVyjI02DQd
universitiesuk.ac.uk
New analysis from Universities UK (UUK) shows the scale of underfunding English universities face in teaching today’s home students, compared to ten years ago.
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"Sadness in the room .. people in floods of tears, with their heads on the desk" 200 staff at University of Derby are facing redundancy Yet £75m spent on new Cavendish Building It's screaming flashy infrastructure is valued more than teaching staff https://t.co/58Rf64K2ct
derbytelegraph.co.uk
'We will be preparing for strike action to protect members' jobs'
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Sexual harassment at Oxford University was exposed by Bloomberg Great comment on 21 Group blog Warden of @NewCollegeOx -- Miles Young -- has yet to respond to allegations that there are multiple sex pests among the Fellowship https://t.co/DdvGfjEIuB
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Influential VUB (Free University of Brussels) Professor dismissed after probe into allegations of toxic leadership & abuse Not here UK universities won’t change until abusers face real consequences https://t.co/EolXE4N1LL
@JulietteRowsell @LaylaMoran
vrt.be
"We hoorden hem roepen door de muur, hij sloeg op onze laptop. Elke dag huilde wel iemand." Al 30 jaar bestuurt een professor van de vakgroep Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen aan de Vrije Universiteit...
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Crisis didn’t just “happen to” universities It was overseen by @UniversitiesUK, who represent University leaders They're now pretending to be helpless bystanders There’s excuses, hand-wringing … but absolutely no one taking responsibility https://t.co/nVyjI02DQd
universitiesuk.ac.uk
New analysis from Universities UK (UUK) shows the scale of underfunding English universities face in teaching today’s home students, compared to ten years ago.
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21 Group works with MPs of any party to end bullying & harassment Given revelations at Oxford Uni, we applaud MP for Oxford West for her proactive stance MP for Oxford East is ex-academic & Fellow at Nuffield College We've found no public comment from her @AnnelieseDodds
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Cambridge University spends > £400k on injunctions over protests Universities now mainly exist to channel public money to lawyers ... ... corporate advisers, reputation managers & external consultants https://t.co/DKgeUqJ3Am
varsity.co.uk
Universities across the country spent almost £1.4 million on legal advice to tackle encampments
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"Sadness in the room .. people in floods of tears, with their heads on the desk" 200 staff at University of Derby are facing redundancy Yet £75m spent on new Cavendish Building It's screaming flashy infrastructure is valued more than teaching staff https://t.co/58Rf64K2ct
derbytelegraph.co.uk
'We will be preparing for strike action to protect members' jobs'
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MP to challenge Oxford University Vice Chancellor over sexual harassment failings Bullying & harassment in universities now warrants substantial parliamentary scrutiny The sector has shown it cannot police or reform itself Thanks @LaylaMoran
https://t.co/uMlwLM9qRe
bloomberg.com
A UK politician will ask the University of Oxford’s leader about its handling of sexual harassment complaints, after a Bloomberg investigation found the institution had repeatedly been slow to act...
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Voice of Victim "In Oxbridge, there is zero tolerance against bullying & harassment, said the pro Vice Chancellor I questioned this commitment with examples I received a disciplinary, with a two-year investigation by a barrister" https://t.co/ULMaQOW8f5
bloomberg.com
Today on the Big Take podcast: an investigation into the harassment and misconduct allegations against male academics at Oxford University.
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Influential VUB (Free University of Brussels) Professor dismissed after probe into allegations of toxic leadership & abuse Not here UK universities won’t change until abusers face real consequences https://t.co/EolXE4N1LL
@JulietteRowsell @LaylaMoran
vrt.be
"We hoorden hem roepen door de muur, hij sloeg op onze laptop. Elke dag huilde wel iemand." Al 30 jaar bestuurt een professor van de vakgroep Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen aan de Vrije Universiteit...
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Voice of Victim "An ancient university appointed a barrister to investigate serious allegations against a powerful academic He spent some time talking about his teenage daughter, who was applying to read law at St Barabbas College He dismissed the allegations, of course"
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21 Group works with MPs of any party to end bullying & harassment Given revelations at Oxford Uni, we applaud MP for Oxford West for her proactive stance MP for Oxford East is ex-academic & Fellow at Nuffield College We've found no public comment from her @AnnelieseDodds
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"I somehow fell and landed directly on the ‘send mass-redundancy email’ button", said the HR Director at University of Derby https://t.co/SNUm7aiylX
bbc.co.uk
Several staff members received confirmation of redundancy applications when they had not applied.
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Oxford University’s Prof Miles Hewstone led Dept's Athena SWAN application from 2012–2014☹️ He's now named in sexual harassment allegations Such awards are no guarantee of safe or equitable workplace Both universities & sex pests know how to game the system @LaylaMoran
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Voice of Victim "In Oxbridge, there is zero tolerance against bullying & harassment, said the pro Vice Chancellor I questioned this commitment with examples I received a disciplinary, with a two-year investigation by a barrister" https://t.co/ULMaQOW8f5
bloomberg.com
Today on the Big Take podcast: an investigation into the harassment and misconduct allegations against male academics at Oxford University.
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If academic misconduct isn’t dealt with properly, it escalates & problems become larger Oxford University is learning this the hard way Spending public money on aggressive lawyers specialising in “reputation management” doesn't work https://t.co/DdvGfjEIuB
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Policymakers & politicians shouldn't make authoritative statements about AI unless they've trained a multilevel neural network Decisions about regulation & safety require not buzzwords, but familiarity with how these models behave, fail & learn @UniversitiesUK @leicesterliz
Unis across the UK are seizing the opportunities created by AI to improve the research that improves our everyday lives🌟 Government’s new AI for Science strategy sets out plans to develop AI-driven science and maintain the UK’s scientific leadership, with unis as key partners👇
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