Adam Habib to be reinstated after N-word investigation
Former Wits vice-chancellornAdam Habib has been reinstated as the head of the University of London's School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS).
The SOAS Board of Trustees says he will resume his duties on Monday.
Habib was suspended after he used the N-word during a meeting with students on March 11.
In a statement by the chairperson of the board of Trustees, Marie Staunton, said it had decided on a restorative justice approach.
"The actions being taken include: putting in place a restorative justice approach for the meeting of 11 March and events arising; developing, as recommended, a clear policy for the SOAS community on the use of the n-word; continuing to take forward the process of dialogue between the SOAS community of staff & students and SOAS leadership; providing specific advice and support for the Director on equality, diversity issues in the HE sector; producing in due course a statement from the Board on lessons learned from this experience and regular reporting to the SOAS community.
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"I want to be clear especially on the use of the n-word: the report notes that the Director spoke the word in full while trying to say that it should not be used within the SOAS community and that he has since acknowledged that speaking the word in full was a mistake, for which he has apologised," the statement said.
