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Fri 07 Jul 2007Academic quits post over indecent assaults disclosureA leading childcare specialist has resigned from his academic post after the disclosure that he has a conviction for attempted indecent assault in the Netherlands.Dr Niall McElwee tendered his resignation to the Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) last week as a result of the incident at a hotel in Amsterdam in June 2004.