Student safeguarding evaluation and resources

Projects

The three rounds of Catalyst funding were as follows:

The first round provided £2.45 million funding (matched 1:1 by projects) to 63 providers addressing safeguarding students on campus; with objectives directly drawn from the UUK Taskforce report’s recommendations. The vast majority of these projects focused on sexual harassment.

The second round provided £1.8 million funding (matched 1:1 by projects) to 45 projects, addressing all forms of hate crime and online harassment.

The third round provided £480,000 (matched 1:1 by projects) to a network of 11 projects addressing religious-based hate crime. These projects were brought together to form a collaborative, nationwide network of specialist knowledge and leading practice in addressing hate crimes directed at students on the grounds of religion or belief.

You can find out more about the individual projects below.

Projects to tackle sexual harassment on campus

The first round of funding supported activities to tackle sexual harassment on campus at the following higher education providers:

Provider	Project overview	Amount awarded
University of Bath	A university community approach to preventing sexual harassment and assault	£50,000
University of Birmingham	CUUB: Creating the Culture	£50,000
Blackburn College	UCBC Safeguarding Hub	£39,986
Blackpool and the Fylde College	(HESE) HE Safeguarding Enrichment	£50,000
Bournemouth and Poole College	Speak Out and Step Up Project	£50,000
University of Bristol	Student safeguarding on campus	£35,000
Brunel University London	Respect @ Brunel	£25,530
Buckinghamshire New University	NeverOK: Sexual Harassment, Assault and Violence on Campus Intervention Project	£49,187
Bury College	All Part of the Solution	£50,000
University of Cambridge	Sexual misconduct prevention and victim support	£43,450
Canterbury Christ Church University	Student Peer to Peer Bystander Training	£43,402
University of Chester	Leading Behavioural Change for Sexual Consent	£50,000
University of Chichester	STEP IN	£25,000
Cleveland College of Art and Design	CCAD Prevents and Safeguards	£19,000
Coventry University	University Challenge	£50,000
De Montfort University	Safe Campus Initiative	£25,000
University of Derby	It Takes A University	£25,485
University of East Anglia	A Student Community Safeguarding Partnership	£35,000
University of Exeter	Safeguarding Against Sexual Violence	£16,475
University of Gloucestershire	What is our Campus Culture?: Understanding the concerns and attitudes of our students	£20,000
Goldsmiths College	Sexual Violence & Harassment: changing the culture and preventing harm	£50,000
Havering College of Further and Higher Education	Mechanisms to raise awareness and support HE students facing mental health issues and domestic abuse	£15,000
University of Hull	Creating a campus culture: 'Safe and healthy relationships at the University of Hull'	£42,000
Imperial College London	To develop an integrated bystander intervention initiative and sexual violence support programme	£34,926
University of Keele	Taking Responsibility - Ensuring Effective Prevention, Support and Response to Sexual Violence on Campus	£50,000
University of Kent	Violence against Wo/men on Campus Project	£50,000
King's College London	It Stops Here - Training Strategy	£45,000
Kingston University	ME & (K)U – Creating Healthy Relationships	£24,500
University of Lancaster	Safeguarding Project	£50,000
Leeds Beckett University	Developing a Cross Campus Zero Tolerance Approach	£38,000
Leeds City College	Safeguarding Awareness	£16,000
University of Leicester	Safeguarding by Standing Together	£49,940
University of Lincoln	Building Respect and Changing Cultures in the University Community	£30,308
Lincoln College	Safeguarding for HE in FE	£35,900
University of Liverpool	Changing campus culture through student leaders	£27,987
Liverpool John Moores University	Safer Student Communities	£48,245
London School of Economics and Political Science	Changing the culture: training-based responses to the UUK Taskforce’s recommendations	£49,759
London South Bank University	Stand up, speak out	£43,000
Loughborough University	Challenging the Culture of Sexual Violence	£23,470
Manchester Metropolitan University	Raising awareness and stimulating positive cultural change to prevent or reduce sexual violence and harassment within the University's student community	£48,396
Middlesex University	The Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Safeguarding Toolkit Designed Specifically for the HE Sector	£47,031
University of Northampton	New Spaces: Safeguarding Students from Violence and Hate	£42,180
Nottingham Trent University	We want to know: enabling and responding to disclosures of sexual violence and sexual harassment affecting students	£43,780
Open University	Student Safeguarding Training Development	£50,000
Oxford Brookes University	Improved safety through better awareness	£25,000
University of Portsmouth	Developing a best practice for staff-student sexual misconduct through the establishment of an active bystander culture of citizenship	£50,000
Queen Mary University of London	Zero-tolerance	£25,000
Roehampton University	UR Prevention and Protection	£50,000
University of Sheffield	Empowering students to take an active role in the University community - combatting sexual violence, harassment & hate crime	£50,000
Sheffield Hallam University	Supporting the development of ethical behaviour in transitioning students	£44,600
St George's, University of London	Consent for all: within healthcare and outside it	£9,000
University of Sunderland	Embedding Bystander interventions in University life	£41,580
Teesside University	Multi-Agency Student Safeguarding Model	£49,884
University College London	Resilience of International Students to Sex Crime (RISSC)	£20,000
Walsall College	Challenging the Culture of Sexual Violence	£28,350
University of Warwick	Respect for all at Warwick	£50,000
West Nottinghamshire College	SOS: Safety of students	£36,000
University of the West of England, Bristol	Creating an Inclusive Campus Culture	£50,000
University of Westminster	Development of a bystander intervention for safeguarding in UK universities	£50,000
Wirral Metropolitan College	Safety Through Empowerment	£21,936
University of Worcester	Bystander Intervention Development (BID)	£49,720
University of York	Cascading training to change culture: an institution wide approach to prevention, intervention and response to sexual violence	£49,237
York St John University	Student Safeguarding: Building Healthy Relationships	£39,500

Projects to tackle hate crime and online harassment

The second round of funding supported the following higher education providers to tackle hate crime and online harassment:

Provider	Project overview	Amount awarded
Anglia Ruskin University	ARUsafe: development of an online reporting tool to enable better incident reporting at ARU, and an online tool for sharing good practice intended for sector-wide use	£45,437
Aston University	The Aston Alliance: development of online training and campaigns	£22,479
University of Bath	Combatting online harassment and hate crimes: extending the university-community approach. Training, campaigns, events and online resources including bystander videos	£50,000
University of Bedfordshire	Bedfordshire Cyber Awareness Programme (BCAP): working with the sector to develop guidance on effective practice to support online welfare more broadly for all students	£49,676
University of Birmingham	Developing community partnerships and responses with virtual and physical hate crime hubs and forums for sharing knowledge and best practice, within the university and with the other HEIs in the city	£50,000
Blackpool and The Fylde College	Tackling face-to-face and online hate crime and harassment. New mobile/online reporting mechanisms and the creation of a regional network of ‘Partner Practitioners’ from all appropriate sectors	£50,000
Bournemouth University	Responding to Hate Crime: Forum Theatre project, leading to the development of digital content and videos for wider dissemination and training	£31,050
Buckinghamshire New	Hate Crime Cultural Change Project: training and development of University Champions (staff and students); awareness-raising and attitudinal change workshops, campaigns and events. Establishing a system for reporting, tracking and monitoring incidents	£44,500
Bury College	Digital Values: developing good practice, training and policy review. Sector-wide dissemination planned	£50,000
Coventry University	University Challenge: safeguarding students. Development of an effective case management reporting system for student hate crime and discriminatory incidents on campus. Collaboration with UUK to cascade this model across the sector	£48,956
University East London	Step Up to Stop Hate: survey of campus safety; creation and delivery of a bystander-approach, peer-to-peer training package; creation of an online ‘report and support’ tool	£40,000
University of Exeter	Safeguarding Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students: literature review; develop community links; training strategy design; review safeguarding and reporting procedures	£49,796
Goldsmiths, University of London	Establishing a Third Party Hate Crime Reporting Centre	£50,000
University of Huddersfield	Enhancing a Safe & Secure Learning Community: Developing a procedural framework to enable reporting, disclosure and accessing support. Developing student peer educators active on campus plus online and front-line staff training	£49,852
Keele University	‘Never Stand By’: ensuring a co-ordinated community response to hate incidents and (online) harassment at Keele. Developing a comprehensive safeguarding toolkit and a secure reporting mechanism	£50,000
Lancaster University	Hate Crimes Project: promoting community cohesion with local partners and developing resources and training to safeguard vulnerable groups including international students	£37,000
Leeds City College	Tackling Hate Crime: develop an effective reporting system including campaigns and materials	£10,000
University of Leeds	Hate Crime: not on our campus. Develop and establish a reporting system including training and resources	£38,737
University of Leicester	Standing Together Against Hate: improving responses to hate crime through awareness-raising campaigns, bystander interventions, training, a third-party reporting centre, and a new data recording system and university-wide policy	£47,000
Lincoln College	Tackling hate crime and online harassment - HE in FE: training partnership with local community organisations. Development of training and digital resources	£28,160
University of Lincoln	Building Respect and Changing Cultures in the University Community: establishing effective reporting routes, using a digital campaign and developing promotional materials	£5,000
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	Welfare First project – developing an online reporting system	£8,000
University of Liverpool	#Speakout: Calling Out Harassment, Changing the Online Campus. This action research project will conduct questionnaire and interview research with students both to understand, and then to take action on, forms of online student harassment. The project will raise awareness of different forms of online harassment and provide data to help inform resources for future student leaders to use in peer-to-peer training.	£34,597
London School of Economics and Political Science	Changing the culture: building bridges on campus. Developing a model of positive interfaith dialogue aimed at reducing conflict and widening understanding of challenging issues	£25,000
London Southbank University	Stop the hate trait: facilitating community cohesion, creating engagement and training, and establishing a joined-up safe reporting haven on campus	£49,000
The Manchester College	Human Libraries: establish a human library, deliver a student conference and tutorial programme, with CPD for staff and a social media campaign	£20,000
Manchester Met University	‘Take it outside’ Film Festival: showcase relevant student-created films to be shown in conjunction with group discussion. Evaluate festival as an model for the sector to creatively address difficult issues	£31,000
University of Manchester	Active Bystander Initiative: extend, develop and deliver a specialist hate crime active bystander initiative	£50,000
Middlesex University	The no home for hate project: culture change to 'stamp out' hate crime and online harassment through: challenging attitudes; effective reporting mechanisms; improved victim response and support. Including developing appropriate safeguarding training, policy review and 'what works' repository	£48,500
Newcastle University	NU Culture: Respect Without Barriers. Online and print awareness campaign across four campus locations in Newcastle, London, Singapore and Malaysia. Staff training and development of an effective disclosure and reporting system for survivors	£35,000
Northumbria University	Building Capacity to Tackle Online Hate Crime and Stalking on Campus: developing online reporting mechanisms and mapping hate crime and stalking affecting students	£33,900
Nottingham Trent University	NTU stands together: developing a toolkit to drive effective reporting and support; internal and sector dissemination planned	£43,780
City College Plymouth	Students Against Hate Crime (SAHC): creation of awareness-raising online film and dissemination across the city's HE institutions. Peer-to-peer mentoring and training programme	£38,768
University of Portsmouth	Speak UP Step UP Portsmouth: tackling hate crime and sexual violence as part of the city-wide Restorative Portsmouth initiative. Including the extension of the UWE Bystander model for use with hate crime and bullying	£50,000
Sheffield Hallam University	Don’t Stand By: enhancing positive relationships between different groups across the community at the university through the development of the awareness and skills to debate sensitive issues around personal and political identity. Support and training for students and staff in leading respectful debate, followed by student-led events focusing on freedom of speech and discussion of difficult topics	£39,550
SOAS	Student Leadership in Inclusive Campus Environments (SLiICE): the development of students as leaders to promote cross-cultural understanding and to tackle inter-community and identity hostility	£50,000
University of Suffolk	Creating a community of digital civility: working in partnership with national safeguarding organisations and Microsoft to raise awareness of online risk, respond effectively and improve the safety of students in relation to online harassment	£39,901
Sussex Coast College	Expect Respect: student survey, staff training, audit of policies and procedures, educational resources and bystander training	£27,300
University of Sussex	Hate crime on university campuses: repairing the harms of hate and prejudice through student-led dialogue. Establishing a restorative justice programme including training and online resources	£49,999
University of Central Lancashire	Hate Crime and Online Harassment: Understanding and Changing Culture. Creating an active partnership with local stakeholders, training and awareness raising and improvements to reporting mechanisms	£50,000
University of the West of England	Online reporting tool for anti-social behaviour and hate crime at UWE. Development and delivery of social marketing, student engagement and staff training in reporting and responding to hate crime	£49,998
University of Winchester	Safeguarding against Online and Social Media Abuse: virtual resource with implementation across the institution	£48,500
University of Wolverhampton	Tackling Hate Crime and Online Harassment Through Education: development, dissemination and analysis of a specific training programme for students and staff	£50,000
University of Worcester	Transgender Education and Support Programme: includes improved reporting and response mechanisms, training modules and awareness raising initiatives across the whole institution.	£49,268
University of York	Developing an intersectional approach to training on sexual harassment, violence and hate crime including dissemination of sector-wide guidance.	£42,528

Projects to tackle religion-based hate crime

The following eleven projects will form the national network to tackle religion-based hate crime:

Lead provider	Project	Amount awarded
University of Bath	Tackling religiously-based hate crime: extending the University community approach	£50,000
Coventry University	Tackling religion-based hate crime on the multi-faith campus	£49,681
Durham University	Religious Hate Crime in the North East: Driving Interventions for Acceptance, Reporting and Supporting	£50,000
King’s College London	It Stops Here: Religious Based Hate Crime	£50,000
University of Leicester	Standing Together Against Religiously-Motivated Hate	£36,000
London School of Economics	Changing the culture: creating a faith-inclusive campus	£21,873
University of Manchester	Passivity, the Bystander and Religious-Based Hate Crime	£50,000
Northumbria University	Responding to Religious-based Hate Crime on Campus	£40,499
Nottingham Trent University	Real Faith, Real Stories, Real Students	£43,780
Sheffield Hallam University	Standing Together Against Hate: Developing effective community partnerships to tackle religious-based hate crime affecting students	£43,450
Southampton Solent University	Human Library: facilitating powerful conversations between LGBTQ+ and faith communities to foster understanding and empathy	£49,251

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