To clarify, to protect Ian Parker against unwarranted accusations and further damage to his reputation arising from rumours about what led to his suspension (and to address the claim by MMU that press reporting of the story has been ‘wholly inaccurate’), the precise charges are that Ian sent an email intended to undermine the credibility of a Head of Department and that sending this email constituted a failure to comply with a reasonable management instruction (the email was only sent internally, and Ian denies the charges).
The suspension and disciplinary process against Ian is clearly quite disproportionate to what he is alleged to have done, and we hope that MMU will now allow him to return to work. A decision on whether to end the suspension and facilitate a discussion about procedures in the department or whether to continue with this action, which is already taking its toll on undergraduate teaching and PhD supervision, is expected later in the week. We urge MMU to review its decision and acknowledge that its action so far have damaged its reputation nationally and internationally.
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Professor Noam Chomsky has added his voice to the global outrage over the suspension of Professor Ian Parker from Manchester Metropolitan University. See http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=421530&c=1
It's time to divest MMU of the incompetent and nasty management, time for the governors to throw out a disciplinary policy that belongs to the Dark Ages, time to investigate how many people have been damaged and had their careers destroyed. Clean up this institution.
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