HARASSMENT & SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The Office for Students expects to publish its decisions on the regulation of harassment and sexual misconduct next month, according to its response to the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee’s report on misogyny in music. This is to be accompanied by information about the responses to its sexual misconduct pilot prevalence survey.
Two example recommendations from the report are:
We support the Office for Students’ proposed new condition of registration aimed at protecting students from harassment and sexual misconduct. Its effectiveness will depend, in part, on students and staff feeling both able to recognise and report misconduct and that any complaints will be taken seriously. OfS guidance should stipulate that internal reporting must be clearly signposted and independent of the structures and relationships in which harassment and abuse may occur, (Paragraph 74).
We support the Office for Students’ proposed new condition of registration aimed at protecting students from harassment and sexual misconduct. Its effectiveness will depend, in part, on students and staff feeling both able to recognise and report misconduct and that any complaints will be taken seriously. OfS guidance should stipulate that internal reporting must be clearly signposted and independent of the structures and relationships in which harassment and abuse may occur, (Paragraph 74).
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