Cambridge University‘s Institute of Astronomy ‘tolerates misogyny’, a tribunal has heard.
One woman was ‘hounded out of a job’ and another was left ‘frightened’, alleged astrophysics professor Wyn Evans, who is taking legal action over what he claims was detrimental treatment he received as a result of whistleblowing.
Professor Evans said that in 2021 he became concerned about the welfare of colleague, Dr Gudrun Tausch-Pebody.
In June that year, Dr Tausch-Pebody, who joined the institute in 2012 as a European Commission contracts manager, was issued with an end-of-contract notice despite, Professor Evans claims, funding being available to support her role.
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