By Caitlin Bailey The Strategy comes shortly after the release of the 2021 National Student Safety Survey, which found that one in six students have been sexually harassed, and one in twenty have been sexually assaulted since starting university. Professor Jan Breckenridge, Co-Convenor of the UNSW Gendered Violence Research …
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By Alicia D’Arcy, Features Sub-Editor CW: sexual assault, sexual harassment Today, the Australian Human Rights Commission released the Change the Course report into sexual harassment and sexual assault at universities. Since management of all 39 Australian universities had access to this report a week in advance, they …
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By Alicia D’Arcy, Features Sub-Editor CW: sexual assault, sexual harassment UNSW has released university-specific findings for the results of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Change the Course report. Key findings are as follows: 5 per cent of UNSW students were sexually assaulted in 2015 and 2016, …
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By Alicia D’Arcy, Features Sub-Editor CW: sexual assault, sexual harassment Today the Australian Human Right Commission released its Change the Course report, a national report on sexual assault and sexual harassment at Australian universities. The report revealed that 21% of students surveyed experienced some form of sexual harassment …
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By Stephanie Breen With the results of UNSW’s internal audit into its sexual assault and harassment policy due for release in coming weeks, it’s welcome news that the university will implement a stand-alone sexual misconduct policy and reporting system. As UNSW Women’s Officer Elizabeth Butterworth explains, the current sexual assault …
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