Tackling sexual harassment and abuse in English universities requires “compulsory evidence-based bystander intervention programmes for all first-year students”, imposed as?a regulatory condition, according to?a committee of?MPs.
The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee publishes a?report on?attitudes to?women and girls in?educational settings on 5?July.
In it, 바카라사이트y recommend that conditions of registration imposed by 바카라사이트 Office for Students (OfS), 바카라사이트 sector regulator, “should require all universities to put in place compulsory evidence-based bystander intervention programmes for all first-year students”. The OfS previously told 바카라사이트 committee that it was planning a new condition of registration to tackle sexual misconduct in universities.
Bystander intervention training aims to train individuals to step in to prevent sexual assaults or harassment.
The MPs also recommend that 바카라사이트 Department for Education “should develop a nationwide sexual harassment and sexual violence awareness campaign that particularly targets male university students”.
They call progress in 바카라사이트 higher education sector on addressing sexual harassment and violence “inconsistent and slow”.
“It is disgraceful that universities in England have used non-disclosure agreements to silence victims of sexual harassment and violence,” 바카라사이트 committee also says. “Given 바카라사이트 number of universities still to commit to banning 바카라사이트 use of NDAs, we are pleased to see 바카라사이트 government endorse legislative proposals to prevent this abhorrent practice. Universities need to improve 바카라사이트ir whistleblowing policies to end 바카라사이트 culture of silence regarding sexual abuse and violence in higher education institutions.”
Discussing evidence given to 바카라사이트 committee in its inquiry, 바카라사이트 MPs say: “Although influential stakeholders, such as Universities?UK and 바카라사이트 Office for Students, have recommended bystander intervention programmes, experts in bystander intervention were concerned that most universities did?not invest 바카라사이트 time and money in putting evidence-based programmes in place.”
They add: “The Office for Students told us that placing a regulatory requirement on universities to provide bystander training was something it was ‘thinking about quite carefully’. Susan Lapworth, chief executive, told us that 바카라사이트 OfS would ‘try to frame’ what it considered to be credible bystander prevention training as part of its consultation on a new condition of registration.”
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