One of Australia’s most eminent neuropathologists is raising funds to establish a whistleblowers’ union after he was sacked from the University of Sydney.
Manuel Graeber was dismissed on 3 November after the university suspended him in August. Professor Graeber claims the institution fabricated misconduct allegations against him after he lodged a public interest disclosure (PID) in 2021 criticising management.
He says the disclosure of “alleged criminal misconduct” was one of many complaints he pursued on colleagues’ behalf in his role as president of the University of Sydney Association of Professors (Usap). In 2022 he issued a vote of no confidence in Sydney’s chancellor and vice-chancellor over the institution’s “totally inappropriate handling” of the PID.
“Until this day, there has been no…truly independent investigation,” he said, adding that the university’s reprisals had been discounted in a “factually highly incorrect” audit report. “My termination is an attempt to continue the cover-up of management wrongdoing in my opinion,” he told Times Higher Education.
In October, lobby groups Public Universities Australia and the Australian Association of University Professors republished a Usap statement condemning Professor Graeber’s suspension as “seeming retribution” for his public disclosures.
The university said it could not comment on individual matters due to privacy obligations. But it said staff and students were free to express their opinions, including views...
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