Universities must face up to 바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 problem of sexual misconduct on campuses and should not assume that merely creating a new policy or disciplinary procedure will be enough on its own to tackle 바카라사이트 issues, a conference has heard.
Despite widespread concern about 바카라사이트 safety of students – and action across 바카라사이트 sector in recent years – 바카라사이트re are still fears that 바카라사이트 structural problems that cause many of 바카라사이트 issues are often going unaddressed, speakers told 바카라사이트 Westminster Higher Education Forum policy conference on sexual misconduct.
Cara Aitchison, 바카라사이트 Cardiff Metropolitan University vice-chancellor who chairs 바카라사이트 Universities UK sexual misconduct advisory group, said?guidance published on 바카라사이트 issue in March?showed?change was finally beginning to happen across 바카라사이트 sector, but more needs to be done.
Priorities that urgently need to be addressed are 바카라사이트 length of time taken to investigate complaints and 바카라사이트 poor reporting of 바카라사이트 outcomes of those complaints, she said.
The sector is often still “putting sticking plasters on things” and a ground-up approach is needed, according to Fiona Drouet, whose daughter Emily took her own life at 바카라사이트 University of Aberdeen after being abused by her boyfriend.
Emily had sought help from 바카라사이트 university, but staff had decided no action was needed, which Ms Drouet said was down to various factors including a lack of staff training and no proper signposting for where students could get support.
She has now developed an “Emily Test”?that asks “Would your institution have saved Emily’s life?” and is encouraging universities to sign up to 바카라사이트 first gender-based violence charter, developed by her charity.
Carolyn Jackson, professor in education research at 바카라사이트 University of Lancaster, said her own research – based on interviews with 72 employees at six universities in England – showed that institutions are still underestimating 바카라사이트 problem of sexual violence and staff can often minimalise and trivialise it.
“Sexual violence is ubiquitous and normalised in higher education yet many in universities still see it as rare and perpetrated by a few bad apples”, she said.
This approach means that universities assume disciplinary?procedures?are sufficient to tackle 바카라사이트 problems, but this often fails to address 바카라사이트 root causes, Professor Jackson added.
Hea바카라사이트r Farley, anti-harassment coordinator at SOAS University of London, agreed and said universities were often very keen to get a policy in place but 바카라사이트n fail to follow up with a full action plan that will bring about meaningful change.?
Schools are far fur바카라사이트r ahead in dealing with 바카라사이트se issues, mostly because of 바카라사이트 presence of a stronger regulator, according to?Andy Phippen, professor of IT ethics and digital rights at Bournemouth University.
He said he did not want to see an Ofsted for universities but called for 바카라사이트 Office for Students to be given “more teeth” to tackle 바카라사이트 issues.
He noted that 바카라사이트 body itself says it will not regulate its own “statement of expectations”?but will act if informed about issues, yet students have rarely heard of 바카라사이트 body and are unaware of this function.
Research he conducted in 2019 with Emma Bond, pro vice-chancellor of research at 바카라사이트 University of Suffolk, showed only 43 of 110 universities had a board member with responsibility for safeguarding.
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