UKRI chair promises ‘radical’ approach to tackling harassment

Sir John Kingman hints that research councils could withhold funding in cases where universities do not address unfair treatment of staff

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November 6, 2018
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November 6, 2018
Rachael Pells
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Safe environments: to deal with harassment, said Sir John Kingman, ‘we could require disclosure of any allegations…and we could impose sanctions’
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#1 Submitted by m.... on November 6, 2018 - 9:00am
Dangerous ground on which to tread... apparently presupposing guilt just because an allegation has been made; but more importantly it's stepping beyond the role assigned to a funding council. Whilst oppossing any kind of aggression in the workplace is good, what's going to be next? It is the beginning of a slippery slope in which any kind of non-conformity with the opinions held by the funding council could interfere with research funding.
#2 Submitted by langtonian on November 6, 2018 - 10:05am
I agree, but I would add another point. If a university loses funding, who will suffer? Nine times out of ten, it won't be the managers whose responsibility it is to deal with the issue, but ordinary staff who are made redundant or don't have contracts renewed in order to balance the books.

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