 Cashmore denied any misuse of expenses, claiming that the report contained a number of inaccuracies.During October 2010 Brasenose College announced that Cashmore would be taking research leave.The college denied that there was any link between this decision and the previous allegations concerning expenses, but a second leaked document indicated that the Governing Body of the College had passed a motion of no confidence in Cashmore, who subsequently applied for the post of chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.