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The BBC learned at least three staff had also left the college with "serious" concerns over how the situation had been handled.This week, Dr Morris was accused of mishandling multiple complaints of sexual assault brought by female students against a male student, who denied the allegations, according to an investigation by the Tortoise news website.Dr Morris is also alleged to have allowed a senior member of academic staff to remain in his job for five months without any restrictions on his role after he was accused of sexual assault by a student.The senior academic staff member - who strongly denies the allegations, which were reported to police with no further action - has now agreed to temporarily withdraw from his duties, Trinity Hall said in a statement.Current and former students have expressed scepticism over Dr Morris' decision to step back, with one telling the BBC they have "no faith" in the college's current processes.Over 500 Cambridge students, staff and alumni have signed an open letter calling for Dr Morris to resign.The mother of one of the alleged victims has called on Dr Morris to resign entirely for failing to make the "safeguarding of the young people under [his] care the most important priority," in an open letter Rory Kent, 23, a Trinity Hall alumnus who recently chaired a student meeting at the college, said the community has been "deeply distressed" by recent events.Tehran has continued to enrich uranium in breach of a nuclear deal, the UN nuclear watchdog warns. O’Reilly says he withdrew from all supervisory teaching duties during this time.History Faculty calls for students’ silence following Trinity Hall allegationsThey further addressed how the College had selected the membership of the investigatory panel, especially with regards to Sharp, and whether the College disputed any of the factual claims in The following day, the JCR committee agreed in a meeting Sharp “should not sit on [the] panel,” as he was “too involved” in the College’s past mishandling of the complaints, according to meeting minutes seen by The College’s statement did not directly address students’ concerns about its selection of Sharp to sit on the “panel set up [...] to coordinate its response to the issues raised” in the Calling for his resignation as Master of Trinity Hall and University Councillor, CUSU stated allowing Morris to continue serving in either of his positions would be “an insult to students at Trinity Hall and completely undermine the University’s commitment to tackling sexual misconduct.”The letter slammed Trinity Hall’s leadership for “clos[ing] ranks to protect senior members of staff, and attempt[ing] to stifle student complaints and staff who supported them.”It added that “there is no reason to believe that Trinity Hall is worse equipped than any other college to handle these cases,” and urged all colleges to commit to referring “all cases of sexual misconduct to the Office of Student Conduct, Complaints, and Appeals (OSCCA)” and “upholding OSCCA’s findings and recommendations,” instead of handling complaints internally.It demanded that Walsham apologise for and retract the email, and suspend O’Reilly from his teaching duties at the Faculty.Walsham reportedly apologised about the email to her undergraduate students in a seminar, but the History Faculty has not publicly commented on the open letter or its demands.If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this article, the following organisations provide support and resources:We are therefore almost entirely reliant on advertising for funding, and during this unprecedented global crisis, we expect to have a tough few months and years ahead.In spite of this situation, we are going to look at inventive ways to look at serving our readership with digital content and of course in print too.Therefore we are asking our readers, if they wish, to make a donation from as little as £1, to help with our running costs at least until this global crisis ends and things begin to return to normal. Like many other Higher Education institutions which are facing similar issues, we are therefore obliged to ensure that we are constantly reviewing our processes in the light of our experience.“For this reason, as outlined in November 2019, the Governing Body of the College has taken a decision to mount two procedural Reviews in 2020: one of Governance, to consider any improvements to the executive processes of the College, including matters of transparency and representation; and one of Disciplinary, Harassment and other associated processes to consider any deficiencies in its procedures and to give reassurance to students, staff and alumni that any specific claims or complaints we receive are thoroughly and carefully handled, in accordance with best practice. We will be making an announcement about the composition of the two Reviews following the next Governing Body meeting in February and will be making public the outcome of these Reviews in due course.

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