This represents one of the many issues I’ve felt since the SC ruling. In the return to some degree of common sense, there has been years of fall out, mostly women who were wronged and nothing can ever be done to repair that. I spent the last 3 years being targeted and bullied by a TRA course lead on my professional training course - it was only when my complaint was upheld and I was awarded compensation, was I heard and could finally finish my training in peace (albeit, somewhat struggling with what happened). When I spoke with course directors about what would happen with the dozens of trainees that had left and not qualified, whether they’d be contacted and given the chance to rejoin, I was told no, as they didn’t persevere like I did, kept the evidence of personal wrongdoing, so fundamentally, there was nothing that the uni could do. The irony in all of this, my lack of resilience was continually attacked throughout my training, and yet here I was, able to complete and qualify because I didn’t give up. It does feel grossly wrong.
However, I do wonder about the pressures the other side experience - the ones who remained silent, I know Justine has spoken about key sponsors dropping out for example. The integrity of decisions made—and the role they played in the harm inflicted upon others—will forever remain with those who chose not to take a stand. In some instances, I think silence was complicity.
As with my uni, and Mumsnet, in admitting wrong probably opens them up for legal recourse and bad publicity, so this will never happen.