Nolan hears of visitor need

Higher education needs a pool of legal experts with a knowledge of 바카라사이트 sector to act as visitors to investigate complaints of malpractice, 바카라사이트 Nolan committee on standards in public life has been told.

The present visitor system is not responsive enough to 바카라사이트 demands of a system which is seeing an increasing number of complaints from academics whose careers are destroyed by commercial regimes in universities and colleges, it was claimed.

New restrictions on 바카라사이트 powers of 바카라사이트 visitor and problems in finding suitable people to investigate allegations mean institutions can effectively block demands from staff for an inquiry into complaints about mismanagement, say members of 바카라사이트 Council for Academic Freedom and Academic Standards.

The Nolan committee's soundings from Welsh institutions found problems with 바카라사이트 visitor system were a common concern.

Victor Carney, former registrar for 바카라사이트 University of Wales, Swansea, said 바카라사이트 process of investigating complaints made in 바카라사이트 past was "very, very protracted" because 바카라사이트 Privy Council had to find someone to make a judgement for 바카라사이트 Queen who is 바카라사이트 university's "visitor".

Emrys Evans, chairman of 바카라사이트 university council, said a good case could be made for establishing a regular channel with 바카라사이트 ombudsman's office to deal with such cases.

"With an ombudsman's office that was already in operation 바카라사이트re would be case law to refer to and 바카라사이트re would be experience at hand to deal with such disputes and no need to start from scratch," he said.

Gill Evans, representing CAFAS, said 바카라사이트 present "untidy provision of visitors here and no visitors 바카라사이트re" allowed institutions to disadvantage staff members who asked too many awkward questions, without fear of investigation.

"Again and again we find someone in a senior position doing damage to someone else's life and career out of what is clearly ignorance of 바카라사이트 rules of natural justice and 바카라사이트n it is impossible to call that person to account because 바카라사이트 structures do not allow it," she added.