UK universities face 'gagging order' criticism
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceUK universities are being accused of using"gagging orders" to stop bullying, discrimination and sexual misconduct allegations becoming public.
Non-disclosure agreements were designed to stop staff sharing trade secrets if they changed jobs, but now lawyers say they are being misused to protect serial perpetrators of misconduct, and ministers say they want to tighten the rules.Anahid Kassabian, a former music professor at the University of Liverpool, said she felt like she was treated as a"burden" and"bullied out" of her 10-year job after being diagnosed with cancer.
"We all think we're isolated and alone, sobbing over past wrongs, when in fact there are many, many of us, and if we could speak to each other it would feel very different," she said. But the BBC has seen documents that suggest the university felt it had done all it could to support Ms Kassabian, and it had a responsibility to support the teaching of students and work in the department as well as staff.
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