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Academics accuse UCL of setting off Bartlett ‘witch hunt’

By 2022-06-30T16:42:00

The Bartlett by Hawkins Brown

Source: Jack Hobhouse

Amin Taha and RA architecture chief Vicky Richardson blast university for launching “Kafkaesque” investigation of staff

A group of high-profile architects and academics has accused University College London (UCL) of setting off a “witch hunt” of staff at the Bartlett school of architecture by current and former students.

The group, which includes Amin Taha, said that UCL’s decision to publish a bombshell report into alleged abuses at the school before the conclusion of a disciplinary process had led to staff being subjected to a “wave of denunciations”. 

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