A group of former students and staff members from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London have hired a solicitor to examine claims of sexual and racial discrimination at the school.
The group, under the banner Bartlett United, was established to follow up on numerous claims of discrimination at the prestigious school, which is part of University College London (UCL).
"Counsel identified breaches of a serious nature"
Bartlett United hired the lawyer to identify which of the claims are breaches of the university's code of conduct and its care of duty towards students.
"We spoke with our barrister at length about our experiences and concerns," said Bartlett United in a statement on Instagram.
"Counsel identified breaches of a serious nature ? spanning sex discrimination, race discrimination, breach of contract and negligence in the accounts we have collected." The initial claims were collected by former student Eleni Kyriacou, who compiled a dossier containing testimonials from 21 people. Among the allegations are reports of staff sexually harassing female students and being subjected to derogatory comments about their race.

In one case a staff member reportedly told a student "your work is very sexy and so are you", while an Asian student recalls being told that "Arabs were so arrogant" by a staff member, before being asked if they knew Zaha Hadid.
Since the claims were first revealed in the Guardian, numerous other...