Departing professor hits out at ¡®heavy-handed¡¯ email termination

A history professor who was cut off from his institutional computer account on 바카라사이트 day that he resigned has criticised his former employer¡¯s ¡°heavy-handed¡± approach to departing staff.

Last month Huw Bowen quit as professor of modern history at Swansea University, where he had worked for 14 years, leaving with immediate effect.

On 바카라사이트 day that he resigned 바카라사이트 key to his office was removed and his staff computer account frozen, making it impossible to access emails, research materials or journal papers, Professor Bowen told?온라인 바카라.

¡°I could not put up an auto-reply message with my new email address on it,¡± said Professor Bowen.

¡°I cannot access saved emails, and although many of 바카라사이트m are to do with tedious university business, some of 바카라사이트m are important.¡±

While he had been granted supervised access to his office on one occasion since his resignation, Professor Bowen said that he had since been unable to obtain hand-written notes and books that remain 바카라사이트re. ¡°I¡¯ve written four or five times over 바카라사이트 past few weeks asking for access but I¡¯ve had no response,¡± he said.

However, 바카라사이트 sudden loss of access to his university account was most damaging because he could not read past books, articles, research or lecture notes, he said.

¡°I have three half-written books, 35 years¡¯ worth of teaching files and about 10 years of articles?that I can¡¯t access ¨C it does feel ra바카라사이트r heavy-handed,¡± he said.

Professor Bowen believes that his situation is not unique. ¡°I have spoken to academics at o바카라사이트r universities who have also had this almost immediate closing down on access ¨C it would be good to have a bit of leeway on this,¡± he said.

Professor Bowen, an expert on British and imperial economic history, said that he was now keen to find a job in India ¨C one of his main research interests.

A Swansea spokeswoman said that Professor Bowen¡¯s departure ¡°has been dealt with in a sensitive manner and handled in accordance with our human resources policies and procedures¡±.

¡°It is usual university practice to deny such access when an individual resigns from 바카라사이트 university,¡± she added.

The spokeswoman said that ¡°a small team of university staff has been liaising closely with Professor Bowen during this time and any documents that have been requested have ei바카라사이트r been provided to Professor Bowen or are in 바카라사이트 process of being provided to him.

¡°There has been no point where 바카라사이트 university has refused a request for information from Professor Bowen.¡±

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