Hi, I'm looking for some advice from other academics. I was a lecturer on a short term contract when I noticed one of the senior academics (Reader) had plagiarised two books. I spoke in confidence to a Professor (the head of the Department), and after they told the Reader I was accusing them of plagiarism, I was forced to either drop the complaint or go through with it. The Department ordered a crappy investigation, and basically agreed with the Reader that it was fine to copy and paste sections from other people's books without citing their work.
Surprise, surprise, my contract was then ended by the Head of Department. Now, in the fall out, I don't know what I can say about my previous job, and I know that as people know people in my field, I feel incredibly hard done by, and still feel quite angry about it? In the meanwhile, I am doing some consulting work that keeps me busy.
Has anyone else experienced similar, and how they went about moving on in their career?
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Anyone with experience of the fall-out of a misconduct investigation and its effect on their career
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WyclefJohn · 13/06/2017 13:24
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