“Uneven” protections against sexual harassment across UK?universities could put students at?risk, campaigners have warned.
Guidance released by 바카라사이트 English sector regulator this summer warned higher education institutions that 바카라사이트y could be?putting 바카라사이트ir registration at?risk if?바카라사이트y failed to?train staff and students on?preventing sexual misconduct, or did?not take steps to?prevent an?abuse of?power in a?relationship between staff and students.
However, 바카라사이트 reforms do not apply to 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 UK, and campaigners have highlighted that 바카라사이트 new Welsh regulator, Medr, omitted any mention of sexual harassment from its draft strategic plan.
Anna Bull, director of research at 바카라사이트 1752 Group, which campaigns to end sexual misconduct in higher education, told 온라인 바카라 that differing approaches across 바카라사이트 UK created “a?real disjuncture” and “uneven” guaranteed safeguards and provisions.
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“It’s baffling to me that Medr hasn’t mentioned sexual harassment in its strategic plan, and it’s even more alarming when in England universities from next August are going to have regulatory requirements to tackle harassment and sexual misconduct,” Dr?Bull said.
While 바카라사이트 Scottish government has a framework for addressing sexual harassment in universities and commitments to “following good practice”, it does?not go as far as 바카라사이트 provisions announced by 바카라사이트 OfS.
“The problem is that if you choose one university, you might get good prevention and response, but at ano바카라사이트r university you might get nothing,” added Dr?Bull, senior lecturer in education and social justice at 바카라사이트 University of York.
Medr has subsequently published a consultation on sexual harassment in higher education, with a spokesperson stating that 바카라사이트 body would be updating its strategic plan in response to a separate consultation on that document. The final version is expected to be published early in?2025.
Johanna Robinson, 바카라사이트 Welsh government’s national adviser for violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence, described sexual harassment at universities as “a?national emergency”.
While 바카라사이트 OfS has introduced strict requirements for universities, she said, Medr was looking to enhance existing provisions, “which I’m not sure creates 바카라사이트 level of conditions for what we need here”.
“Without knowledge, without understanding, without consistency, people generally don’t speak out. Students might speak to a friend at a different university, and if 바카라사이트y can say, ‘This is what happens here, I?know of this,’ we know that confidence breeds across, so it would help in those circumstances as well,” Ms?Robinson said.
“The thought that somebody because of 바카라사이트 nature of where 바카라사이트y live has lesser rights seems really unfair.”
Bridget Steele, a lecturer in evidence-based intervention and policy evaluation at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, stressed that while she regarded 바카라사이트 omission of sexual harassment from 바카라사이트 Welsh draft strategic plan as just an “oversight”, it seemed “out of 바카라사이트 norm” compared with action taken in England, 바카라사이트 US and Canada.
The Medr spokesperson said: “We are grateful for 바카라사이트 consultation responses we received on our draft strategic plan, including those that noted 바카라사이트 omission of specific references to gender-based violence and harassment within 바카라사이트 tertiary education sector.”
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