Update:
Ian’s union representatives at MMU know that public pressure is a real help, but that he must not actively disobey the instruction to keep the disciplinary process ‘private and confidential’ as the university demand while the investigation takes place. Apart from the petition at http://chn.ge/Q3IV1R , the Times Higher Education Supplement in the UK has picked up the story (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=421442&c=1), and messages of protest are being sent to the Vice-Chancellor John Brooks (john.brooks@mmu.ac.uk) and the Head of the Department of Psychology Christine Horrocks (c.horrocks@mmu.ac.uk). These messages are being copied as messages of solidarity to the MMU UCU chair Pura Ariza (p.ariza@mmu.ac.uk) and vice-chair Christine Vié (c.vie@mmu.ac.uk). It is imperative, at the same time, to step up support for Christine Vié who has been targeted for redundancy at MMU (http://www.manchestertuc.org/solidarity/414-christine-vie-victimisation-at-mmu.html).