University vice-Chancellor 'boasted' to Ex-wife’s new Husband: 'I had Her in Her Youth and Beauty'
Professor John Hughes earns £252,000-a-year as vice-Chancellor of Bangor University
university vice-Chancellor boasted to his ex-wife’s new husband that “I had her in her youth and beauty…have you seen how Chinese women age!”, it has been claimed.
A series of personal messages sent from Professor John Hughes, who earns £252,000-a-year as head of Bangor University, were leaked to staff last week.
These included one sent from Prof Hughes' Bangor University account to his ex-wife Dr Xinyu Wu, which shows a picture of him with his new partner and an accompanying message that read "10 years younger than you", according to the BBC.
One message sent from Prof Hughes’ Linkedin account to Dr Wu's new husband said: "Well done mate. I had her youth and beauty, you will have her menopause and her old age (have you seen how Chinese women age!)."
Dr Wu claimed that the messages she and her new husband received "were not only harassment but they were ageist, sexist and racist". Prof Hughes says that the emails have been “doctored”. He is taking early retirement at the end of the month.
After receiving the emails in 2016, Dr Wu complained to Bangor University’s council and senior leadership team about Prof Hughes' conduct. The university said that “action was taken by the university to resolve the issue” at the time.
Prof Hughes, an expert in theoretical physics, took up the post of vice-Chancellor at Bangor University in 2010 and the following year, his wife Dr Wu was hired as Director of International Development.
They went on: “It was agreed that it would be in the university’s best interests for those issues to be dealt with by a team which will be able to see through the changes, not only during the forthcoming months, but crucially also into the next academic year.
“As a result, Professor Hughes agreed to step aside sooner than announced, and will be leaving at the end of December.”
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