Great silence – change of members in the university’s senate


In the university senate there is a new member in the ranks of professors – at the same time a name is missing from the list. However, the background to the change is unclear – the Senate is silent. Last week it became known that a teacher had been suspended on charges of verbal sexual harassment.

There are personnel changes in the University Senate. A Senate member from the ranks of the professors was no longer on the list of members on Monday, but the name of a new professor. The Senate did not want to comment on the reasons for the change on Monday.

Last week, a student accused her professor of verbal sexual harassment in two cases. Specifically, it is about two slippery statements by SMS and by phone. (the “Krone” reported). Apologies from the professor were not accepted by the student, he was suspended from the university because “there is no place for sexual assault, discrimination and harassment at our university,” it said.