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A staff group founded at Cambridge in 2023, supporting members facing institutional retaliation.

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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 13h
Giulio Regeni was a Cambridge PhD student abducted, tortured & murdered in Egypt Egyptian security agents have now been convicted of his kidnapping Cambridge forgot about him Lofty ethics rhetoric looks rather different when the scrutiny turns inward www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
independent.co.uk
The Egyptian spies, the Cambridge student and the vicious Italian kidnapping
More than 10 years after the violent death of Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni, his family receive the verdict in the trial of four Egyptian security agents accused of kidnap. Alex Croft reports
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 13h
Vice Chancellors pontificate that UK Higher Education needs to get its credibility back From the very people who presided over their own eye-watering pay rises, baffling decisions & erosion of public trust Irony stands at the podium of the conference www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-he-n...
timeshighereducation.com
UK HE ‘needs to get its credibility back’, Labour conference hears
Scandals about franchised provision have undermined the sector, and universities need to ensure failings are not repeated, vice-chancellors say
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 13h
US student newspapers have real teeth Cornell Daily Sun played big role in exposing gang-rape scandal Stanford freshman’s reporting brought down the university President Journalism with serious scrutiny & consequences Food for thought for UK student journos www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
cornellsun.com
EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cornell University has serious problem with sexual misconduct on campus Its 2025 survey found 35% of undergraduate women who responded reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact at Cornell These are horrific numbers provost.cornell.edu/initiatives/...
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cornell case raises a broader issue than the horrific allegations themselves Cornell University Police investigated. The DA says his office relied on that investigation & didn't *independently* investigate in 2024 Now the DA has reopened the case www.goodmorningamerica.com/amp/news/sto...
goodmorningamerica.com
District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rewards for failure. Every damn time An academic responsible for the embarrassment of Cambridge University at the 'Whistleblowing Tribunal' has been promoted 🫨 Prof Nigel Peake is to become the new Master of @darwincollegecam.bsky.social 21percent.org?p=4411
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cornell case raises a broader issue than the horrific allegations themselves Cornell University Police investigated. The DA says his office relied on that investigation & didn't *independently* investigate in 2024 Now the DA has reopened the case www.goodmorningamerica.com/amp/news/sto...
goodmorningamerica.com
District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As Cornell University shows, it's University HR/senior administrators that consistently shield abusers & bullies The people making us take the harassment seminar? Or the online training on active bystanders? They're the very ones who don't protect victims Blatant hypocrites
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cambridge University has compulsory course on active bystander responsibility What happens if institution itself is the bystander? Vice-Chancellor was criticised for retaliation against a whistleblower at Tribunal Maybe she needs the online training herself? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
University of Cambridge whistleblower who reported alleged bullying wins employment tribunal
Prof Wyn Evans, who raised concerns over treatment of female staff at Institute of Astronomy, was subject to ‘baseless’ investigation, judge rules
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cornell case of institutional support for sexual misconduct is exceptionally shocking in its scale Punishment for the victim, protection for the perpetrator is standard in most universities There's an ongoing Oxford rape case heading to judicial review cherwell.org/2026/02/01/o...
cherwell.org
Oxford University did not suspend professor investigated for rape - Cherwell
An emeritus professor at the Saïd Business School, who is also a fellow of an Oxford college, was investigated for rape by Thames Valley Police (TVP).
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cambridge University has compulsory course on active bystander responsibility What happens if institution itself is the bystander? Vice-Chancellor was criticised for retaliation against a whistleblower at Tribunal Maybe she needs the online training herself? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
University of Cambridge whistleblower who reported alleged bullying wins employment tribunal
Prof Wyn Evans, who raised concerns over treatment of female staff at Institute of Astronomy, was subject to ‘baseless’ investigation, judge rules
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cornell case of institutional support for sexual misconduct is exceptionally shocking in its scale Punishment for the victim, protection for the perpetrator is standard in most universities There's an ongoing Oxford rape case heading to judicial review cherwell.org/2026/02/01/o...
cherwell.org
Oxford University did not suspend professor investigated for rape - Cherwell
An emeritus professor at the Saïd Business School, who is also a fellow of an Oxford college, was investigated for rape by Thames Valley Police (TVP).
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As Cornell University shows, it's University HR/senior administrators that consistently shield abusers & bullies The people making us take the harassment seminar? Or the online training on active bystanders? They're the very ones who don't protect victims Blatant hypocrites
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cornell University senior management has produced a huge PR disaster Chi Phi frat had Snapchat group that advertised drugged & intoxicated female student as "Free Pussy" After university investigation, the predatory male students were assigned essays to write people.com/cornell-stud...
people.com
Cornell Student Alleges Frat Members Gang-Raped Her, Only 2 Were Expelled While Others Had to Write Essays: Lawsuit
The alleged rapes occurred in October 2024.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Very bleak article Universities face an existential reckoning Funding is tightening. AI is disrupting the model. PR disaster follows PR disaster. Executive pay keeps climbing And politicians aren’t going to ask students & taxpayers for more money www.timeshighereducation.com/news/voters-...
timeshighereducation.com
Voters sour on increasing tuition fees and university funding
Polling suggests sector is public’s lowest priority for education investment
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cornell University has serious problem with sexual misconduct on campus Its 2025 survey found 35% of undergraduate women who responded reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact at Cornell These are horrific numbers provost.cornell.edu/initiatives/...
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Three golden rules of university management 1 Never look into anything you don’t have to 2 Never set up an enquiry unless you already know what its findings will be 3 Never let the facts get in the way of the outcome you’ve already decided upon
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cornell University senior management has produced a huge PR disaster Chi Phi frat had Snapchat group that advertised drugged & intoxicated female student as "Free Pussy" After university investigation, the predatory male students were assigned essays to write people.com/cornell-stud...
people.com
Cornell Student Alleges Frat Members Gang-Raped Her, Only 2 Were Expelled While Others Had to Write Essays: Lawsuit
The alleged rapes occurred in October 2024.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Three golden rules of university management 1 Never look into anything you don’t have to 2 Never set up an enquiry unless you already know what its findings will be 3 Never let the facts get in the way of the outcome you’ve already decided upon
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cambridge University is running 3 investigations, two into Jason Arday, one into the Whistleblowing Tribunal Several of those who remain in post are conflicted & implicated in the matters under review The reviews will fail to effect any real change. That is their purpose. 21percent.org?p=4399
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Newcastle University has discovered a new model of sustainability Take an oil-and-gas fortune, add a 3500-acre private zoo & award it a professorship Academic credentials are an optional extra when the family fortune is large enough 😉 www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University
Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Very bleak article Universities face an existential reckoning Funding is tightening. AI is disrupting the model. PR disaster follows PR disaster. Executive pay keeps climbing And politicians aren’t going to ask students & taxpayers for more money www.timeshighereducation.com/news/voters-...
timeshighereducation.com
Voters sour on increasing tuition fees and university funding
Polling suggests sector is public’s lowest priority for education investment
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cambridge University is running 3 investigations, two into Jason Arday, one into the Whistleblowing Tribunal Several of those who remain in post are conflicted & implicated in the matters under review The reviews will fail to effect any real change. That is their purpose. 21percent.org?p=4399
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Newcastle University has discovered a new model of sustainability Take an oil-and-gas fortune, add a 3500-acre private zoo & award it a professorship Academic credentials are an optional extra when the family fortune is large enough 😉 www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University
Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Voice of Victim "At my university, harassment & bullying are treated as another viewpoint that ought to be heard -- as though there are two sides to an argument Refusal to take sides by treating bullying as an argument that needs to be heard is to side with the bully"
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's the classic “sustainable footing” argument from University of Essex Axe 400 jobs, close a campus & tell the people left behind to do the extra work that it’s all for the future www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Essex university staff walk out in Colchester over 400 job cuts
About 50 people wave their placards on the picket line in Colchester.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Deeply disturbing”, “Take sexual violence extremely seriously”, “Confidential” When a university is confronted with a serious problem, the response is to recite its commitments, policies & resources Anything except engage with what has been disclosed statements.cornell.edu/2026/2026092...
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Deeply disturbing”, “Take sexual violence extremely seriously”, “Confidential” When a university is confronted with a serious problem, the response is to recite its commitments, policies & resources Anything except engage with what has been disclosed statements.cornell.edu/2026/2026092...
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Voice of Victim "At my university, harassment & bullying are treated as another viewpoint that ought to be heard -- as though there are two sides to an argument Refusal to take sides by treating bullying as an argument that needs to be heard is to side with the bully"
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Anonymity should protect people, not institutions Cambridge's report on James Orr should be published, given its contested nature Student's name can be redacted, but University's handling of the complaint should not disappear behind "confidentiality" varsity.co.uk/news/32094
varsity.co.uk
Former student of James Orr reopens case against University
The former PhD candidate has alleged that the University failed to discipline Orr after accusations of bullying and academic negligence were partially upheld
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's the classic “sustainable footing” argument from University of Essex Axe 400 jobs, close a campus & tell the people left behind to do the extra work that it’s all for the future www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Essex university staff walk out in Colchester over 400 job cuts
About 50 people wave their placards on the picket line in Colchester.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Anonymity should protect people, not institutions Cambridge's report on James Orr should be published, given its contested nature Student's name can be redacted, but University's handling of the complaint should not disappear behind "confidentiality" varsity.co.uk/news/32094
varsity.co.uk
Former student of James Orr reopens case against University
The former PhD candidate has alleged that the University failed to discipline Orr after accusations of bullying and academic negligence were partially upheld
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Waves of cyber-attacks on the 21 Group website First attack vector was LinkedIn post on the 'Cambridge Whistleblowing Tribunal' Disgruntled actors in Cambridge? Second attack came after article on 'The Student Cambridge Did Not Want To Protect' Transnational?
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
University of Dundee is "facing worst financial crisis of any British higher education institution since WW2" Those responsible are determined to carry on cutting If Dundee is to recover, it needs plan for sustainable growth -- not an endless cycle of cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
University facing 'worst crisis since WW2' as staff begin five-week strike
UCU members at the University of Dundee will not take part in lectures, seminars or tutorials until the end of October.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Waves of cyber-attacks on the 21 Group website First attack vector was LinkedIn post on the 'Cambridge Whistleblowing Tribunal' Disgruntled actors in Cambridge? Second attack came after article on 'The Student Cambridge Did Not Want To Protect' Transnational?
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
University of Dundee is "facing worst financial crisis of any British higher education institution since WW2" Those responsible are determined to carry on cutting If Dundee is to recover, it needs plan for sustainable growth -- not an endless cycle of cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
University facing 'worst crisis since WW2' as staff begin five-week strike
UCU members at the University of Dundee will not take part in lectures, seminars or tutorials until the end of October.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A lawsuit alleges a Cornell student was sexually assaulted by fraternity members The university’s investigation concluded with the men being “afforded the opportunity to mitigate their conduct by submitting essays to Cornell” 🫨 www.tmz.com/2026/09/18/c...
tmz.com
Cornell Frat Bros Allegedly Gang-Raped Drugged Student, Messaged 'Free P***y'
2:40 PM PT -- Jeremy Saland, who represents Scott Kretzschmar, one of the defendants, tells TMZ ... "We wholeheartedly deny the allegations in the complaint ... we possess documents that thoroughly co...
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Universities don’t go bankrupt in isolation When student numbers fall & a university cuts back, the shock spreads through the city: halls, landlords, shops, cafés, contractors, transport & local jobs Dundee’s student-housing collapse is a warning www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
Students scramble for accommodation after provider goes bust in Dundee
Case highlights severe financial strain on sector across UK as string of university housing schemes fail
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A terminally ill academic says her university denied sabbaticals, imposed crushing workloads & forced her out Universities love talking about “wellbeing” & "dignity at work" right up until an actual human being gets in the way www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How a university destroyed my life
What hope is there for university staff when, a terminally ill academic writes, her workplace is more harmful than her cancer?
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A lawsuit alleges a Cornell student was sexually assaulted by fraternity members The university’s investigation concluded with the men being “afforded the opportunity to mitigate their conduct by submitting essays to Cornell” 🫨 www.tmz.com/2026/09/18/c...
tmz.com
Cornell Frat Bros Allegedly Gang-Raped Drugged Student, Messaged 'Free P***y'
2:40 PM PT -- Jeremy Saland, who represents Scott Kretzschmar, one of the defendants, tells TMZ ... "We wholeheartedly deny the allegations in the complaint ... we possess documents that thoroughly co...
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is third student suicide in 7 months in one of India's premium engineering institutes A clear sign that care & compassion are lacking at IIT, Bombay thewire.in/education/an...
thewire.in
Anger at IIT Bombay After Dalit Student Dies by Suicide, Peers Accuse Institute of Casteism
After 20-year-old Sahil Wakode allegedly died by suicide, students demanded that the institute's director and an energy science professor resign.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Universities don’t go bankrupt in isolation When student numbers fall & a university cuts back, the shock spreads through the city: halls, landlords, shops, cafés, contractors, transport & local jobs Dundee’s student-housing collapse is a warning www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
Students scramble for accommodation after provider goes bust in Dundee
Case highlights severe financial strain on sector across UK as string of university housing schemes fail
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Edinburgh University adds another entry to the imaginative lexicon universities use to say, “We’re cutting” "We are refreshing our programme to consolidate our offering for future students and make their degree pathways easier to navigate" www.heraldscotland.com/news/2656140...
heraldscotland.com
University defends closure of 48 language and literature courses, including Celtic
Forty-eight programmes in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) are among the casualties.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A terminally ill academic says her university denied sabbaticals, imposed crushing workloads & forced her out Universities love talking about “wellbeing” & "dignity at work" right up until an actual human being gets in the way www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How a university destroyed my life
What hope is there for university staff when, a terminally ill academic writes, her workplace is more harmful than her cancer?
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A Professor is dismissed following Strathclyde University investigation into allegations of sexual harassment Some students who raised concerns weren't told outcome Full facts must be made public so universities learn the necessary safeguarding lessons 21percent.org?p=4383
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
After 21 Group wrote on treatment of Cambridge University student Roshaan Khattak & his work on Balochistan, the website was attacked The same happened to the Index on Censorship Threats to academic freedom in UK Universities are real, growing & dangerous
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Edinburgh University adds another entry to the imaginative lexicon universities use to say, “We’re cutting” "We are refreshing our programme to consolidate our offering for future students and make their degree pathways easier to navigate" www.heraldscotland.com/news/2656140...
heraldscotland.com
University defends closure of 48 language and literature courses, including Celtic
Forty-eight programmes in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) are among the casualties.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Powerful & devastating article on the Cambridge Whistleblowing Tribunal from Varsity The Vice Chancellor Deborah Prentice "appears, at best, to be oblivious – somehow unaware of, or indifferent to, the poor treatment of academics under her leadership" www.varsity.co.uk/comment/32046
varsity.co.uk
Ministry of truth
This is becoming part of a pattern: A tribunal found eleven counts of retaliation against a whistleblower. The University's response: it is 'carefully reviewing' the judgment.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Powerful & devastating article on the Cambridge Whistleblowing Tribunal from Varsity The Vice Chancellor Deborah Prentice "appears, at best, to be oblivious – somehow unaware of, or indifferent to, the poor treatment of academics under her leadership" www.varsity.co.uk/comment/32046
varsity.co.uk
Ministry of truth
This is becoming part of a pattern: A tribunal found eleven counts of retaliation against a whistleblower. The University's response: it is 'carefully reviewing' the judgment.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
After 21 Group wrote on treatment of Cambridge University student Roshaan Khattak & his work on Balochistan, the website was attacked The same happened to the Index on Censorship Threats to academic freedom in UK Universities are real, growing & dangerous
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