| Comment | They presumably had no idea - none of this would be public info
This is a common pattern with dodgy academics - they quietly resign before any actual consequences catch up with them, and then take up a new role elsewhere with a clean slate. Universities obviously prefer this as it means they avoid negative press and can brush it under the carpet as the perpetrator becomes someone else's problem.
It's that last part that is the problem, by trying to avoid negative press the universities essentially facilitate abusive behaviour. The Kevin O'Gorman case at Strathclyde is an exemplar of this. |
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