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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 · 20h
Problems intensify for Cambridge University Alongside Arday reviews, there is a review into Human Resources, prompted by loss of 'Cambridge Whistleblowing' Tribunal Panel is full of University insiders -- former VC, ex-heads of UCAS & UCEA, an HR executive No staff or union representative
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 20h
Edinburgh University Vice Chancellor to step down Edinburgh will use recruitment agency to search for new VC Agency approaches & puts forward the same kinds of candidates again & again New VC will be the same as the old VC, other than the name No change www.edinburghminute.com/breaking-new...
edinburghminute.com
🚨 Breaking news: Peter Mathieson to leave University of Edinburgh
Principal will not seek a third term and plans to step down in 'early 2028'
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 20h
An entitled & over-paid senior management team destroyed a University with property mismanagement Modern Languages, Music and American & Canadian Studies are closed down at Nottingham Very sad for all the staff losing their jobs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
University of Nottingham approves controversial savings plan
Changes will see job losses, axing modern languages and music degrees, and cutting support services.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
£12m cut from university creative & performing arts courses Arts & education leaders are now calling on Education Secretary Lucy Powell to reverse it You can't back the creative industries while cutting the courses that train their future workforce www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/hundred...
artsprofessional.co.uk
Hundreds sign open letter calling for Powell to reverse university arts cuts decision - Arts Professional
The Independent Society of Musicians (ISM) has sent an open letter to Education Secretary Lucy Powell, calling on her to reverse the cut to funding for
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Cornell announces "independent" review The University review playbook is 1 Appoint trusty apparatchiks 2 Set restricted Terms of Reference 3 Examine "processes” while avoiding accountability 4 Publish selected extracts, burying awkward findings nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
nbcnews.com
Cornell rape accuser faces threats demanding she drop her lawsuit, attorney says
The woman’s attorney said women mistakenly identified as Jane Doe have also received threats and he received one Sunday morning.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Call for greater openness to change by the Vice Chancellor of Cambridge, Prof Deborah Prentice ... ... who engaged in whistleblowing retaliation & has not yet found the time to apologize She's set up a committee to reflect on the judgement www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Call for 'greater openess to change' at University of Cambridge
The vice-chancellor says the death of former professor Jason Arday "is on many people's minds".
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Crisis at Nottingham University has been worsened by senior-management financial decisions Staff & students pay the price -- but not the previous Vice Chancellor who precipitated the disaster Shearer West is now VC at Leeds thetimes.com/uk/education...
thetimes.com
Lecturers on strike till Christmas: welcome to Nottingham University
Bad business decisions have been blamed for the decision to shut entire departments — as academics protest it is students who suffer
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Cornell announces "independent" review The University review playbook is 1 Appoint trusty apparatchiks 2 Set restricted Terms of Reference 3 Examine "processes” while avoiding accountability 4 Publish selected extracts, burying awkward findings nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
nbcnews.com
Cornell rape accuser faces threats demanding she drop her lawsuit, attorney says
The woman’s attorney said women mistakenly identified as Jane Doe have also received threats and he received one Sunday morning.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Our administration needs to change, it needs to change drastically & it needs to change fast," one student told the BBC Cornell student shows more understanding than any University administrator It's change, not PR, needed at Cornell -- and elsewhere! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Cornell University president says school 'must do better' after rape allegations
Michael Kotlikoff described the allegations of a woman who says she was drugged and gang raped as "deeply disturbing".
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cambridge University has set up a committee to investigate its HR processes Three representatives of university management sit on it -- but no one represents employees or has experience investigating institutional retaliation Gloss over or whitewash? 21percent.org?p=4483
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Crisis at Nottingham University has been worsened by senior-management financial decisions Staff & students pay the price -- but not the previous Vice Chancellor who precipitated the disaster Shearer West is now VC at Leeds thetimes.com/uk/education...
thetimes.com
Lecturers on strike till Christmas: welcome to Nottingham University
Bad business decisions have been blamed for the decision to shut entire departments — as academics protest it is students who suffer
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Our administration needs to change, it needs to change drastically & it needs to change fast," one student told the BBC Cornell student shows more understanding than any University administrator It's change, not PR, needed at Cornell -- and elsewhere! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Cornell University president says school 'must do better' after rape allegations
Michael Kotlikoff described the allegations of a woman who says she was drugged and gang raped as "deeply disturbing".
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cambridge University has set up a committee to investigate its HR processes Three representatives of university management sit on it -- but no one represents employees or has experience investigating institutional retaliation Gloss over or whitewash? 21percent.org?p=4483
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 02/10/2026
Consultancy Fraud at Australian Universities Exposed NSW universities reported spending $139m on consultants in 2025 alone “Insufficient transparency regarding the purpose, justification & outcomes of consultancies” UK Universities are the same michaelwest.com.au/university-g...
michaelwest.com.au
University governance flaws exposed. End of consultants' bonanza? - Michael West
Heads rolling after NSW Legislative Council released its report into university governance, highlighting transparency and accounting issues.
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Call for greater openness to change by the Vice Chancellor of Cambridge, Prof Deborah Prentice ... ... who engaged in whistleblowing retaliation & has not yet found the time to apologize She's set up a committee to reflect on the judgement www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Call for 'greater openess to change' at University of Cambridge
The vice-chancellor says the death of former professor Jason Arday "is on many people's minds".
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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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