In particular, it should be required reading for Heads of Department and university policy-makers everywhere. 2/n
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The case in UoR is particularly distressing, but it shouldn't be treated as some kind of isolated incident. 3/n
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VCs and HoDs should be reading that EEOC report and thinking "Would my University really have acted any differently?" 4/n
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"Are we really offering safe channels for this behaviour to be reported, and treated seriously and fairly?” 5/n
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“How do we better support female and junior members of the university who are treated this way?” 6/n
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“Or any student, postdoc or faculty who feels like they’ve been subject to systematic discrimination and bullying?” 7/n
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“What changes can we make in *our* institution to make sure it wouldn’t happen here, and complaints would be listened to?” 8/n
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UoR behaved absolutely reprehensibly in this case. 9/n
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But there is a danger that UoR becomes a scapegoat, fingers are pointed, a few careers halted, and no systematic change results. 10/n
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The only positive that might come out of this awful story is if academics at other universities introspect and think about how to change.
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I tweeted a thread on this. I think a lot of people "opt out" of thinking critically on this issue.https://twitter.com/o_guest/status/906438106395619329 …
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