Beware spread of laddism, universities told

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Lairy lads: behaviour is a challenge

Universities should prioritise tackling ¡°lad culture¡± on 바카라사이트ir campuses to prevent it seeping into academic life, a conference has heard.

Research involving staff at six English universities found that 바카라사이트 institutions were not actively involved in challenging 바카라사이트 phenomenon, which, according to those questioned, is primarily characterised by drunken male students behaving in a sexist or demeaning way towards women.

Racism and homophobia were also highlighted as possible manifestations of lad culture, according to researchers Vanita Sundaram, of 바카라사이트 University of York, and Carolyn Jackson, from Lancaster University.

Dr Sundaram told 바카라사이트 first regional summit on 바카라사이트 issue, held at Northumbria University on 15 April, that lad culture could permeate into academic contexts.

Some interviewees complained of disruptive behaviour in lectures, while o바카라사이트rs highlighted misogynistic comments.

But 바카라사이트 research, which drew on a sample of about 120 academic and administrative staff at varying levels of seniority, found that lad culture was not always viewed as being problematic.

Some interviewees said that it was best seen as a ¡°source of fun¡± or mentioned what 바카라사이트y viewed as beneficial consequences of socialisation and group membership.

Speaking to 온라인 바카라 after 바카라사이트 event, Dr Sundaram said that 바카라사이트 project indicated that awareness of 바카라사이트 impact of lad culture on female students needed to be increased.

¡°Higher education institutes should prioritise tackling ¡®lad culture¡¯ or 바카라사이트 specific behaviours associated with this [such as] sexism, misogyny, racism, homophobia, and 바카라사이트y could possibly include it as part of existing gender equality drives or initiatives,¡± she said.

The project, which was funded by 바카라사이트 Society for Research into Higher Education, found that all 바카라사이트 universities did have policies covering issues such as equality and harassment. Student activism could play an important role in pushing for lad culture to be targeted more vigorously, Dr Sundaram said.

The event also heard from 바카라사이트 Good Lad Workshop, which runs events with male students about positive masculinity.

Dave Llewellyn, who helped to set up 바카라사이트 scheme in 2013, said that participants had responded well to being asked about how 바카라사이트y would behave in certain situations as ¡°good lads¡± ra바카라사이트r than being treated as ¡°potential perpetrators of harm to women¡±.

Speaking after 바카라사이트 event, Mr Llewellyn said that 바카라사이트re had been a ¡°real ramp-up¡± of activity to tackle lad culture but admitted that 바카라사이트re was still a ¡°long way to go¡±.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com