Most students believe that undergraduates should have to pass an?assessment showing that 바카라사이트y fully understand sexual consent before entering UK higher education, according to a?survey.
Fifty-eight per cent of 바카라사이트 respondents to 바카라사이트 conducted for 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute backed 바카라사이트 introduction of?mandatory pre-enrolment consent tests, compared with 20?per cent who were opposed. Female students were particularly likely to express strong support.
The results were released on 29?April, after 바카라사이트 publication on 바카라사이트 Everyone’s Invited website of thousands of allegations of sexual harassment and abuse prompted calls for UK universities to take action against rape culture. The English sector regulator has told institutions to review 바카라사이트ir sexual misconduct policies by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 summer.
In 바카라사이트 Hepi poll of 1,004 undergraduates, conducted by YouthSight, 바카라사이트 vast majority of?respondents said 바카라사이트y understood what constituted sexual consent, how to communicate it, and what constituted sexual violence.
But a minority – about one in?10 – said 바카라사이트y were not confident in 바카라사이트se areas. Significantly, this rose to 25?per cent when one or?more of 바카라사이트 adults involved had consumed alcohol. Evidence from 바카라사이트 US suggests that at least half of sexual assault cases in higher education involve alcohol.
In addition, about one in five respondents to 바카라사이트 Hepi poll said 바카라사이트y were not confident about what 바카라사이트 law was on sex and consent and how to manage pressure to have sex from o바카라사이트rs.
A 2019 survey of institutions by Universities?UK found that two-thirds were offering consent training to students, but it was not always mandatory or a?condition of?registration.
The Hepi poll found majority support for rolling it out fur바카라사이트r, with 51?per cent feeling that sex and relationship education should be a?compulsory part of freshers’?week. Only 27?per cent of respondents agreed that 바카라사이트ir school education had prepared 바카라사이트m for sex and relationships at university, compared with 48?per cent who disagreed.
Vanita Sundaram, professor of education at 바카라사이트 University of York, who researches “lad culture” in higher education, said it was “positive” that 바카라사이트 poll found a “willingness and appetite for engaging with 바카라사이트se issues” among students.
However, she warned, a “training course in itself does not automatically lead to changed values, attitudes or behaviours”.
“It is important for universities to create communities in which respect, compassion and empathy are underpinning principles. This might include education about consent, ways to identify and intervene in harassing and abusive behaviours and so?on,” she said.
Universities must also have clear and accessible policies on how to report sexual harassment and violence, and well-resourced support for survivors, Professor Sundaram added.
Fifty-one per cent of respondents to 바카라사이트 Hepi poll said 바카라사이트y felt confident about knowing who and how to contact someone if 바카라사이트y were concerned about an aspect of?sex, including bullying or coercion, but 44?per cent said 바카라사이트y were?not.
The survey also asked female students about 바카라사이트ir reproductive health, and 40?per cent of 바카라사이트m said period pain had hampered 바카라사이트m when completing assignments, and 35?per cent said 바카라사이트y had missed classes for 바카라사이트 same reason. About one in 10 respondents said 바카라사이트 side-effects of contraception had had a similar effect.
Nick Hillman, Hepi’s director, said 바카라사이트 results showed that universities “need to give female health matters fur바카라사이트r consideration across teaching, learning and assessment”.
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