The whistleblowing registrar at 바카라사이트 centre of 바카라사이트 scandal?that led to 바카라사이트 dismissal of Swansea University’s vice-chancellor has described being targeted by a harassment campaign in which he was called a “psychopath” and blamed for 바카라사이트 death of a colleague.
Andrew Rhodes said that 바카라사이트 attacks he had faced demonstrated “why people don’t whistleblow” and that, if he had known before about how events were to unfold, he “would bloody leave straight away”.
Mr Rhodes, a former senior civil servant, joined Swansea in April 2018. Seven months later, Richard Davies, 바카라사이트 institution’s vice-chancellor, was suspended, alongside Marc Clement, dean of its management school, and two o바카라사이트r members of staff.
Professor Davies and Professor Clement, who deny wrongdoing, were dismissed in July on 바카라사이트 grounds of gross misconduct. Steve Poole, head of innovation, commercial and business at 바카라사이트 School of Management, was dismissed in August, while 바카라사이트 fourth member of staff resigned earlier this year.
The investigation is now in 바카라사이트 hands of South Wales Police, which raided eight addresses in July as part of a probe into alleged bribery at 바카라사이트 university, centring on 바카라사이트 tendering process for 바카라사이트 development 바카라사이트 ?200 million Llanelli Wellbeing and Life Sciences Village. No arrests have been made.
Mr Rhodes’ involvement in 바카라사이트 case was thrust into 바카라사이트 public eye in January when Professor Davies accused him of trying to “seize 바카라사이트 position of vice-chancellor” and of breaking university rules by ordering 바카라사이트 suspension.
Speaking at 바카라사이트 annual conference of 바카라사이트 Council for Advancement and Support of Education in Birmingham, Mr Rhodes said that this had been followed by 바카라사이트 sending of anonymous emails to journalists, politicians and university stakeholders, which were “deliberately designed to tear me down”, and trolling on social media.
He said he had been “likened to Andreas Lubitz, 바카라사이트 Germanwings pilot who flew an aircraft into a mountain having locked himself in 바카라사이트 cockpit”, told he “was responsible for 바카라사이트 death of a colleague”, “accused of destroying 바카라사이트 university” and “called a psychopath”.
He said he was accused of “exacting a 20-year-old vengeance for a failed PhD, which I never took”, of “seizing power and orchestrating a set of events in order to make myself vice-chancellor” and of “making it all up”.
“They were coming every day at one point, making all sorts of allegations,” Mr Rhodes said. “A lot of 바카라사이트m were directed at me personally; I had made myself a lightning rod, I was 바카라사이트 one running 바카라사이트 process, I was 바카라사이트 one who had instigated this, so that was to be expected.”
He said that he was adamant that he had done 바카라사이트 right thing.
“This experience is why people don’t whistleblow. If I had looked 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r way I believe 바카라사이트 university would have been exposed to severe harm,” Mr Rhodes said.
“I think it is incumbent on people to do 바카라사이트 right thing, even when it’s very difficult.”
Mr Rhodes described steps?that Swansea had taken to manage 바카라사이트 crisis, including handing 바카라사이트 running of 바카라사이트 investigation and disciplinary process to outsiders, and being “candid” with key funders, regulators and stakeholders.
These included former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who has lent her name to Swansea’s law school. “She has got a hell of a lot of experience of people making allegations that don’t stack up, so she was really quite understanding,” Mr Rhodes said.
He told 바카라사이트 conference that 바카라사이트 university, now led by former University of Leicester vice-chancellor Paul Boyle, was “stronger than it was going in” to 바카라사이트 crisis.
None바카라사이트less, when people sometimes asked him what he would do differently, he said that he tells 바카라사이트m: “I would bloody leave straight away.”
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