Experienced lecturer Michael Bradshaw says he is being forced out after more than 22 years service at Bermuda College by Vice President Larita Alford.

His post as co-ordinator of accreditation is to be axed in 2005 and he has been told there is nothing else available for him.

He has held off speaking out because he did not want to interfere with the graduation process or the new President Charles Green?s appointment.

But Dr. Bradshaw, 53, is frustrated after continuing uncertainty over his plight and has decided to go public.

He said: ?I feel totally shattered. I have no problem with the fact that management has the right to decide to go in a different direction and, for whatever reason, it feels I would not fit the profile of who they want.

?But I would have expected senior leadership and human resources would have sat down with me. I have been here a very long time.?

Instead he said Dr. Alford, who is his immediate supervisor, had not worked in his best interests. He also said retiring President Michael Orenduff and Chairman Raymond Tannock had let him down by not getting involved as his career is destroyed.

Last night Dr. Alford did not return a call, Dr. Orenduff is off the island while Senator Tannock refused to comment.

Dr. Bradshaw has spent most of his career in science before getting into administration.

He became co-ordinator of planning and accreditation in 2002 and had been working with American colleges to formalise accreditation to help Bermudians moving on to Americans institutions and to help attract American students and funding here.

He says he first felt under threat after being continually given the run around by Dr. Alford when he sought a job description, although a performance appraisal by Dr. Alford had shown he had an average to good performance in his first year in that post.

Another warning sign was being denied promised funding for a professional development course which left him $700 out of pocket, said Dr. Bradshaw.

He said in November Dr. Alford casually told him the planning side had been taken away from his job without any consultation.

At a March meeting the Bermuda Public Services Union people were told he would not have a position at the college from 2005.

?There I was being made redundant. But she (Dr. Alford) has never talked to me about it or discussed what she said to those folks.

?I have to supervise about eight different teams involved in accreditation projects. We had a meeting scheduled for last Thursday. We put this meeting together in April. It was an important meeting.

?She cancelled the meeting and never told me. It?s almost as if she?s sabotaging the accreditation project and in the process sabotaging me. That?s what it amounts to.?

He said at a meeting in April Dr. Orenduff had said there would not be anything for Dr. Bradshaw to do after 2005. Funding has already been removed from the post.

Now Dr. Bradshaw is frustrated about the time it is taking for a financial package to be sorted out with the Accountant General.

He said some people had speculated Dr. Alford wanted him out because he could be a rival for the College Presidency when the post comes up again in three year?s time, even though he had not applied last time around.

?In some senses I would be a good candidate for the job.?

He said he had the same qualifications as new President Dr. Green, although he conceded the new President had a lot more experience. They both did doctoral studies in community college leadership at the University of Texas in Austin.

He said he hoped the situation could be cleared up before Dr. Green took over this summer.