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A university influenced by “pernicious and destructive” unconscious bias when it failed to reappoint an Indian academic has been ordered to pay at least £450,000 in damages.
That racism is truly alive and kicking is evident from the UK Employment Tribunal's order in the case involving Dr Kajal Sharma being denied reappointment at the University of Portsmouth.
A damning judgement found Dr Kajal Sharma was discriminated against by bosses at Portsmouth University when she failed in her application to carry on in her role in the Business and Law faculty.