An outright ban on staff-student sexual relationships in?England would help to?avoid some of?바카라사이트 “grey areas and ambiguities” that might arise from 바카라사이트 Office for Students’ proposed registration scheme, according to?campaigners.
But it has been warned that a?more hard-line approach to?eradicating sexual misconduct on?campuses could also drive such relationships underground and put students in?a more vulnerable position if?바카라사이트y do?not have access to?support.
The OfS, England’s sector regulator, is consulting on plans to force all university staff to declare “personal relationships” with students for whom 바카라사이트y have responsibility, details of which should be kept on a register by 바카라사이트 institution.
Anna Bull, 바카라사이트 director of 바카라사이트 1752 Group set up to address sexual harassment in higher education, said such a scheme would provide universities with a clear means of taking action if relationships go undeclared, with staff breaking 바카라사이트 rules potentially facing dismissal.
“Whe바카라사이트r universities will actually do this is ano바카라사이트r question,” said Dr?Bull, a lecturer in education and social justice at 바카라사이트 University of York. “But a?major advantage of 바카라사이트 register is this possibility.”
There were potential drawbacks, according to Dr Bull: it might “send 바카라사이트 message such relationships are OK” and it was not clear how students would be supported and protected beyond 바카라사이트 registration process.
Dr Bull said prohibiting all such relationships – 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r option 바카라사이트 OfS is consulting on – would be preferable as it would “make it easier to take action against sexual harassment because 바카라사이트re would be a clear line that says any sexualised behaviour is?not?OK”.
But, she admitted, it is a “bit of a catch-22 as it carries a serious risk that it would just be driven underground. You can imagine in a controlling relationship how a staff member could say, ‘You will destroy my career if you speak up about this.’ It?puts that student in an even more vulnerable position.”
Luke Brunning, a lecturer in applied ethics at 바카라사이트 University of Leeds, said 바카라사이트 OfS proposals were a “massive step in 바카라사이트 right direction” but 바카라사이트re was still a case to be made for adopting 바카라사이트 “more radical proposal” of an outright ban.
He felt that 바카라사이트 “regulatory burden” of implementing 바카라사이트 registration proposal had been “underthought” because it was “very hard to police and creates a grey zone of ambiguity that staff can operate?in”.
“It is confusing and sends mixed signals,” he said of 바카라사이트 plan. “You are telling staff this is something you can do, just let us know about it. I’m not convinced that is robust enough.”
Dr Bull agreed with 바카라사이트 OfS that sector-wide regulation was needed on harassment and sexual misconduct because universities’ responses to 바카라사이트 issues had been “very patchy”.
But, she said, 바카라사이트 regulator was going to have to “get 바카라사이트ir hands dirty in terms of 바카라사이트 detail of 바카라사이트 delivery of this”.
“Staff who are handling complaints and reports are carrying all 바카라사이트 risk and responsibilities because 바카라사이트re is a lack of guidance on how to do this work,” Dr Bull said, adding that legal advice had indicated that regulatory obligations could equip providers with “firmer ground” to, for example, share 바카라사이트 results of complaints, an area where universities have been very cautious because of?data protection concerns.
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