In response to the recent government announcement to 'crackdown' on 'rip-off university degrees', Vivienne Stern MBE, Chief Executive of Universities UK said:
We reviewed progress universities made on tackling sexual misconduct, hate crime and harasment affecting university students, one and two years after we published Changing the culture.
Published in 2022, this is our guidance for universities on how to prevent and respond to these cases of staff-to-student sexual misconduct in higher education.
Our sector guidance, published in 2022, aims to increase understanding around when it is appropriate to share personal data when managing harassment complaints.
As universities prepare to welcome a new cohort of students, a new report by London Economics has revealed that higher education makes a £116 billion contribution to the UK economy - £130 billion including the spending of international students.