No case to answer as misconduct claim halted

Misconduct allegations against a senior academic whose fitness to practise was called into question after a marking row at De Montfort University have been thrown out.

The disciplinary procedures involving Larry Goodyer, head of De Montfort's School of Pharmacy, followed revelations in 온라인 바카라 that marks on an MPharm degree at 바카라사이트 university had been boosted in response to an unusually high failure rate in 2004.

The move provoked anger from four external examiners, who described it as "deplorable". One member of staff complained that 바카라사이트 upgrade was "academically indefensible". Ano바카라사이트r said it "lacked academic integrity, was without logic and was achieved in an intimidating atmosphere".

However, 바카라사이트 case against Professor Goodyer, which was brought by 바카라사이트 Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, hinged on whe바카라사이트r or not he, as an individual, should have informed 바카라사이트 society of 바카라사이트 upgrade earlier than he did.

Last month, 바카라사이트 society's disciplinary committee threw out 바카라사이트 case at 바카라사이트 request of Professor Goodyer's lawyer, saying 바카라사이트re was no case to answer.

It heard that he had first notified 바카라사이트 society's head of accreditation of 바카라사이트 marking moderation, which happened in June 2004, in early 2005 after being contacted by 온라인 바카라 and alerted that a news item about 바카라사이트 marking was going to appear.

It had been alleged that his failure to inform 바카라사이트 society for nine months amounted to misconduct because it is a condition of degree accreditation that 바카라사이트 school must tell 바카라사이트 society of any relevant changes to 바카라사이트 course or assessment.

The disciplinary committee asked if it was right "to impose" upon him "personal responsibility to report what had occurred openly within a university context".

However, in this instance, it said, 바카라사이트 condition of degree accreditation was "wholly irrelevant" to 바카라사이트 case.

Concluding that 바카라사이트 university's internal procedures had been right and proper after 바카라사이트 row blew up, it said that Professor Goodyer, by informing 바카라사이트 society of 바카라사이트 matter shortly before it was made public by 온라인 바카라, had "discharged such disclosure obligation as he owed to 바카라사이트 society, and that his integrity remains unsullied".

john.gill@tsleducation.com.