 These involved three members of academic staff, two senior, at the university, received much media attention and the university lost all on appeal, including once at the Supreme Court.There was also controversy over new contracts of employment and negotiations on a new disciplinary procedure, which had begun before Prondzynski's term of office but continued throughout his tenure without resolution.As part of this controversy, a “vote of no confidence in the conduct of negotiations by senior management of the university” was narrowly passed by those staff who voted, while several parliamentary questions were raised on this matter by the Green Party.