A University of Cambridge “whistleblower” who raised concerns about bullying has won his case at employment tribunal, with vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice among the senior leaders criticised over their handling of the matter.
The bulk of complaints raised by astrophysics professor Wyn Evans were upheld in a judgment released on 10 August.
The academic had claimed he was victimised after raising concerns about the treatment of female staff members within the university’s Institute of Astronomy (IOA).
His tribunal, held in Bury St Edmunds earlier this year, heard how the university had taken “almost two years” to dismiss a grievance later raised against Evans and two other professors by the former IOA director, Richard McMahon.
Evans, who stood to be Cambridge chancellor in an election last year, was disadvantaged despite making “protected disclosures” under the Employment Rights Act, the tribunal concluded.
