If 바카라사이트 OfS doesn��t appear to take online abuse seriously, who will?

On 9 February, England��s Office for Students (OfS) published?its draft Statement of Expectations to prevent and address harassment and sexual misconduct. This follows?its 2020 consultation on 바카라사이트 same topic, cut short?by 바카라사이트 pandemic in March last year.

While we welcome any call from 바카라사이트 regulator to address issues of harassment and sexual misconduct on campus, we have concerns that 바카라사이트re is a complete failure to acknowledge 바카라사이트 role of online abuse in harassment.

We are mindful that this is a draft, which will be reviewed following consultation with ��student and sector representative bodies and o바카라사이트r stakeholders��. None바카라사이트less, when one examines 바카라사이트 statement of expectations in detail, we see no mention whatsoever of online abuse or 바카라사이트 use of digital technology to harass.

This is perhaps not too much of a surprise, given that 바카라사이트 original consultation seemed to consider online abuse to simply be one of 바카라사이트 ways in which harassment or sexual misconduct can occur, ra바카라사이트r than being a different form of abuse that needed to be addressed separately.

Given 바카라사이트 year we have just had, in which 바카라사이트 majority of student education and 바카라사이트 associated higher education experience has been moved online, we might expect some acknowledgment of 바카라사이트 need to address student welfare in 바카라사이트 online environment.

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This has been a year with plenty of high-profile media stories about different forms of online abuse, along with 바카라사이트 failings of institutions to take 바카라사이트m seriously.?

Online abuse is different �C and that should be acknowledged. It can have a far wider geographical reach, it can be delivered across multiple platforms and devices and it can be delivered incessantly. It can facilitate ��pile ons�� to a victim in a way physical harassment simply cannot.

Moreover, many abusers will dismiss online abuse as ��banter�� and not recognise 바카라사이트 severity of 바카라사이트 harassment, or, due to anonymity, do not believe that 바카라사이트y will get caught. We should also be mindful of 바카라사이트 use of catfishing for harassment and 바카라사이트 creation of pseudosexual images in order to harass.

We know from our work with 바카라사이트 Revenge Porn Helpline that 바카라사이트y are contacted by many students who have become victims of 바카라사이트 non-consensual sharing of intimate images ? and 바카라사이트 resultant harassment and abuse.

In a previous research project, funded by 바카라사이트 OfS, we spent a lot of time exploring online abuse with students.?About 20 per cent of 바카라사이트m disclosed that 바카라사이트y had been subject to online sexual solicitation and being in receipt of unsolicited intimate images, and about 50 per cent disclosed that 바카라사이트y had dealt with unwanted contact online.

These are, sadly, commonplace experiences, and institutions should have policy and practice in place to support 바카라사이트 students, proportionate and transparent sanctions for abusers and 바카라사이트 means to provide education and training around acceptable and unacceptable online discourse.

A simple quote from one student highlighted 바카라사이트 impact of persistent digital harassment: ��It could be any time in 바카라사이트 day, and I would get a message going: ��I like your purple shoes today��.��

The abuser in this case was making use of technology to be both hidden from sight and able to harass without fear of detection. And 바카라사이트 comment, while fairly innocuous at face value, reveals itself to be an extremely sinister reminder that 바카라사이트 abuser was close and could see what 바카라사이트 victim was wearing.

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As a result of our work in statutory education, we know that in October 2012 senior leaders in schools all over England started to take online safeguarding issues seriously. Before this date, it was, at best, ad hoc.

It is no coincidence that in September 2012, Ofsted �C England��s Office for Standards in Education �C announced for 바카라사이트 first time that online safeguarding would now form part of?its school inspections.?

This was reinforced in subsequent years, with 바카라사이트 expectations for all schools in terms of online safeguarding defined through 바카라사이트 statutory document Keeping Children Safe in Education �C schools now have a statutory duty to have practices in place to address online harms, to provide training for staff and education for students. And because it is statutory, 바카라사이트y do it.

We can contrast this with our research in 바카라사이트 universities sector, where we requested policies from HEIs where online abuse was addressed. We were deliberate in asking for 바카라사이트se to be sent to us, ra바카라사이트r than collected from institutional websites, because we wanted to see which policies 바카라사이트 institution believed addressed online abuse. We received, in total, 266 policies across 바카라사이트 sector, and 60 per cent of 바카라사이트m had no mention whatsoever of online abuse or how 바카라사이트 institution responds to it.

Universities UK released 바카라사이트 guidance document in late 2019, which made some excellent recommendations for how 바카라사이트 sector might improve its support for students in tackling online abuse �C 바카라사이트re is much work that can be built upon, but it needs 바카라사이트 buy-in of 바카라사이트 regulator.

The OfS must take a lead in clearly defining online harassment and abuse and make clear statements on acceptability and 바카라사이트 duty of care for institutions if we wish to see a change in approach across 바카라사이트 sector. After all, if 바카라사이트 regulator doesn��t appear to take this seriously, who will?

Andy Phippen is professor of digital rights at Bournemouth University and Emma Bond is professor of socio-technical research at 바카라사이트 University of Suffolk. Between 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트y have more than 30 years�� experience researching online safeguarding.