Tackling harassment

Our universities aim to do their very best to make sure all staff and students can live, work and study in a safe environment. Take a look at our work with universities to provide guidance and recommendations to tackle all forms of harassment up to 2022.

Changing the culture report

Our 2016 report examined violence against women, harassment and hate crime affecting university students.
Changing the culture: tracking progress

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.
Changing the culture: tackling staff-to-student sexual misconduct

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.
Changing the culture: sharing personal data in harassment cases

Our sector guidance, published in 2022, aims to increase understanding around when it is appropriate to share personal data when managing harassment complaints.
Tackling racial harassment in higher education report

Our 2020 report sets out recommendations designed to decisively tackle racial harassment as part
Tackling antisemitism: practical guidance for universities

This guidance, published in 2021, suggests actions universities can take to tackle antisemitism.
Tackling Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred: practical guidance for universities

Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred are wrong, and should not be tolerated at universities, or an

Tackling harassment

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