Weeks before its next Director steps into office, another faculty at UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture has fallen into scandal after The Guardian recently leaked new accusations of bullying and harassment from within the School of Sustainable Construction.

A group of nine school faculty members was reportedly the signatories of the damning letter, which includes accusations of nepotism in addition to further complaints about the same kinds of harassment, age-based discrimination, racism, bullying of older staffers, and other tactics that have embroiled The Bartlett since last summer.

“We have seen our own academic careers and lives and those of our colleagues destroyed through bullying, harassment and other predatory practices and know that any effort to raise the issues of misconduct or fraudulent behaviour would lead to retaliation endangering our own careers and lives,” a portion of their statement reads.

The report comes at a rather difficult time for UCL, which is still reeling in the wake of the previous controversy. Only months removed from the issuance of a formal apology over the matter, the university must now attempt to redress another serious issue as it continues an ongoing investigation into certain School of Architecture staff and faculty members.

UCL has already been forced to shutter its summer school program over staffing shortages produced by the original Howlett Brown independent investigation and promised to initiate another aimed specifically at the sustainable construction faculty in the wake of the newfound revelations.

“While the Howlett Brown investigation looked into the culture, educational practices, and environment at the Bartlett School of Architecture, we know that unacceptable behavior happens elsewhere in UCL and is not isolated to just one department or school,” the school said through a spokesperson. “We thank the individuals for coming forward to raise these issues, and we are sorry to hear about their experiences. We are deeply troubled to learn about these incidents, and we will investigate them, and any others that are brought to our attention.”