There is a must-read article in the Daily Mail about corruption in British universities. The British Medical Journal have conducted a survey of British academics:
'The BMJ has been told of junior academics being advised to keep concerns to themselves to protect their careers, being bullied into not publishing their findings, or having their contracts terminated when they spoke out.'
(H/T BlackBadged, on Twitter)
The F/T has the story too, but in rather more detail.