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Cambridge VC Deborah Prentice Found Breaching Whistleblowing Protections

8/12/2026

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On 10 August 2026, tribunal ruled that University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice breached whistleblowing protections by retaliating against professor Wyn Evans.
The tribunal upheld 11 of Evans’s 14 complaints, finding university ignored his grievances about misogynistic bullying of female staff in Institute of Astronomy.
It said the probe lacked evidence, breached natural justice, and that a response letter signed by Prentice was drafted by Registrary Emma Rampton, showing ghostwriting.

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On 10 August 2026, tribunal ruled that University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice breached whistleblowing protections by retaliating against professor Wyn Evans.
The tribunal upheld 11 of Evans’s 14 complaints, finding university ignored his grievances about misogynistic bullying of female staff in Institute of Astronomy.
It said the probe lacked evidence, breached natural justice, and that a response letter signed by Prentice was drafted by Registrary Emma Rampton, showing ghostwriting.