The Guardian
A University of Melbourne law professor who wrote an email saying the institution was dictated to by “‘Blak’ activists” who were leading it to “destruction” will leave the university.
The university tried to sack Dr Eric Descheemaeker after the 2023 email to the then dean of Melbourne law school (MLS), in which he claimed it was turning into an “ideological re-education camp”, was leaked and posted around the Parkville campus last year.
Descheemaeker then sued the university for discrimination, alleging the attempt to expel him in July was because of his political opinion.
Guardian Australia revealed earlier this month that the legal dispute had been settled.
In an email to MLS staff on Friday afternoon, the law school’s dean, Prof Michelle Foster, confirmed Descheemaeker and the university had resolved their dispute, including the federal court proceeding, on confidential terms.
“Professor Descheemaeker and the University have agreed that Professor Descheemaeker will leave his employment with the University to pursue other opportunities,” she said in an email viewed by Guardian Australia.
Source
