Mike Cushman
If we have got to a point in UK universities where raising concerns with colleagues is a disciplinary offence then we have deteriorated even further than I thought.
If Professor Parker had gone outside the University without exhausting internal procedures then there may have been grounds for action (although whistle blowing protection may have covered that as well) but he didn't.
The violent over-reaction of management leads an outside observer to believe that they have serious misdemeanours to hide or maybe they just want to be rid of a trade union activist. If so they w=should wait a few months till the Government removes any vestige of protection form people who are willing to speak up for and represent their fellow staff.
This article was printed in The Independent.
Manchester Metropolitan: 'Bullying' university bans world-renowned professor who spoke out
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Ian Parker should get back to his work
