tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post102233907825676139..comments2024-03-01T22:23:29.787+00:00Comments on Bullying of Academics in Higher Education: Conduct unbecoming...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-81612336015598718622009-02-10T15:30:00.000+00:002009-02-10T15:30:00.000+00:00There is one thing and one thing only that bullyin...There is one thing and one thing only that bullying universities understand. That is bad PR. Whatever actions that can be taken to expose the bullying through websites and through Tribunal cases is what will yield action. But the measures must be sustained and incessant for them to achieve the desired goals. They cannot be permitted to enjoy a moment's peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080901.post-92136465839666704472009-02-08T09:29:00.000+00:002009-02-08T09:29:00.000+00:00Taken from bullied bloggerI am an ex Leeds Met sta...Taken from bullied blogger<BR/><BR/>I am an ex Leeds Met staff who probably would still be there if it were not for the bullying and the lack of collegiate decision taking. After many tortuous negotiations, I had tears in my eyes when I decided that I would go... A curious fact was that the VC, a person who was strong on ethics and morale did not always apply these principles, as his interaction with certain staff seems to demonstrate. Suspicion, lack of trust, strong underhand techniques were used to get what the VC had ordered in the privacy of his office. An earlier comment about senior management and their collusion to the bullying culture is more worrying. A bullied senior management or even middle or junior manager will very likely turn into a bully himself or herself.<BR/>How will this culture be changed? Will the senior management, turned into bullies, be asked to resign? Where will it stop?<BR/><BR/>Aphra says:<BR/><BR/>I am a member of staff at a prestigious university. <BR/><BR/>I too believe that I have been bullied...<BR/><BR/>I have taken out grievances which I feel are met with silence and denial... by the senior management and by the governors...<BR/><BR/>Other staff at the university have taken constructive dismissal... because they believe they were the target of wpb...<BR/><BR/>...our stories cannot be told in the public domain yet...<BR/><BR/>...yet we listen to the stories that are seeping out with a feeling of silent satisfaction that the cracks are staring to appear...<BR/><BR/>... thanks to the efforts of those who are prepared to stand up to our professors who refuse to address the issues themselves...<BR/><BR/>..and what is UCU's role in all of this Sally?<BR/><BR/>...why do the union reps in my university ignore my emails?<BR/><BR/>...why the silence?<BR/><BR/>In solidarity<BR/><BR/>Aphra Behn<BR/><BR/>Aphra BehnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com