Leiden University boots out professor over intimidating behaviour

A professor at Leiden University has been dismissed following an investigation into allegations of (sexually) intimidating behaviour stretching over several years, the university has said in a statement. Complaints against the professor, who has not been named, reportedly came from four female colleagues and were corroborated by several male witnesses. University board chairwoman Annetje Ottow told university periodical Mare that the professor’s actions formed ‘a pattern of consistent badmouthing, abuse of power, gender discrimination, public humiliation and the threat of...