(BBC) - Professor of pathology Andrew Wilkie, who rejected a doctoral student's application because he had been in the Israeli army, has been suspended without pay by Oxford University for two months and will have to undergo equal opportunities training. A university spokesman said: "This ruling reflects that there can be no place for any form of discrimination within the University of Oxford." "Professor Wilkie fully accepts the gravity of the situation and...particularly wishes to make it clear that he greatly values the diverse backgrounds of the staff and students with whom he works and looks forward to applications from able candidates, whatever their background."
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