A drone is to be flown above Salford Quays to pinpoint the best place to install a nesting tray for peregrine falcons. It is hoped the move will help a pair who have tried to breed since 2017 have a family.
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A student claims she was 'ignored' by her university after she alleged a senior lecturer of making sexual remarks and harassing her at work.
Rachael Hearn, a PHD student and sports rehabilitator at Manchester Metropolitan University, claims the member of staff made comments about her body that made her feel 'really uncomfortable.'
The 29-year-old alleges he asked her to remove her mask - despite it being university policy at the time - and reenacted a 'Nazi-style' march when she refused to do so.
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The student had been working at the Movement Unit in the Brooks building in Hulme on October 7 last year, when she claims the incident happened.
She immediately reported the lecturer to the university's HR department, and says she was told that her case had been sent to a HR adviser who would be in touch.
University policy states that a manager will arrange a formal meeting to hear the complaint 'without reasonable delay (normally within twenty working days of receiving the allegation).'
But Rachael said she was forced to send a follow-up email to the adviser, and wasn't given an official meeting until November 10 - over a month after the initial report.
During the meeting she claims she was informed by the HR adviser that no CCTV footage had been identified, and it would therefore be unlikely she'd be able to proceed with the complaint.
Rachael had assumed that a camera situated within the Movement Clinic would have captured the incident - but she later found out the CCTV did not belong to the university and couldn't be pulled.
She claims she was also informed that due to university policy, all other CCTV in the area - which could've helped the
A drone is to be flown above Salford Quays to pinpoint the best place to install a nesting tray for peregrine falcons. It is hoped the move will help a pair who have tried to breed since 2017 have a family.
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