3 Oct 2020

University to make enquiries after allegations against professor

5:05 pm on 3 October 2020

Victoria University is looking into allegations of sexual misconduct by the late composer Jack Body.

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Stuff has raised concerns about his conduct towards students while he was a professor there in the 1980s.

Body died in 2015.

A spokesperson says no direct allegations have been made to the university, and there is no evidence management staff during Mr Body's time there received any such allegations.

The spokesperson says the university will be making further enquiries; in the meantime, information about the Jack Body Memorial Fund has been removed from its website due to the serious nature of the allegations.

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