Racism in UK Warwick University that fires Greek professor without excuse

University of Warwick seems exercising a racist policy against ethnic minorities.

The Provost of the University of Warwick informed the female Professor Kostakopoulou on 13 December 2019  that a disciplinary investigation had been launched on the basis that she had not met the Head of the Law Department and was not ‘fulfilling her responsibilities in good faith’. Despite numerous requests, Professor Kostakopoulou was not provided with sufficient clarification about the substance of the allegations against her or prima facie evidence for those allegations. On 16 January 2020, Professor Kostakopoulou was suspended from work indefinitely, in a humiliating and embarrassing way, by having a meeting with a student being abruptly interrupted. She was not given the opportunity to present her case against the Head of Department’s allegations. Her courses, which had started, were cancelled, thereby depriving a considerable number of students from important learning. Professor Kostakopoulou has also lodged formal complaints against the Head of the School of Law and the Provost to the Chair of the Council of the University of Warwick, but she did not receive a reply from the Chair of the Council to either of these.

Professor Kostakopoulou believes that she is being victimised. Being deprived of her right to defend herself against any allegations stands in violation of the principles of legality, the rule of law and natural justice. Her suspension is thus null and void. The current suspension is also violating Professor Kostakopoulou’s right to moral integrity, work and health. The fact that Professor Kostakopoulou is a woman of foreign descent also raises serious doubts about the University of Warwick’s commitment to, and respect for, the principle of equality.

Professor Kostakopoulou is a renowned academic and international reference in her field, who is immensely appreciated by a very large number of past students, PhD students, colleagues and research partners. The humiliating situation to which she is being subjected is not only legally unacceptable, but also morally outrageous. A petition has been initiated HERE (Click the link to sign)

Furthermore, it is bringing the reputation of the University of Warwick into disrepute, through events reminiscent of the appalling and illegal treatment to which Professor Thomas Docherty was subjected in the past, which not only cost the University of Warwick , but also seriously dented its reputation.

It also indicates that University of Warwick is a racist University, targeting ethnic minorities and women, and firing them without excuses, something that needs to be investigated, in the light of the recent global awareness about racism and discrimination.

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