Harassment and sexual misconduct - guide for students

What's the issue?

More and more evidence has come to light in the last few years about harassment and sexual misconduct in higher education.

For example:

Students are more likely than any other adult group to be sexually assaulted.
In a recent study of over 6,000 students, nearly 50 per cent of women said they had been touched inappropriately.
Current research on the experiences of Jewish students shows that 26 per cent were very or fairly worried about being subject to verbal abuse, physical attack, vandalism, property damage or theft because of their Jewish belief.
Nearly a quarter of ethnic minority students experience racial harassment on campus.
One in three Muslim students have experienced some type of abuse or crime where they study.
More than one in five lesbian, gay and bi students have said they wouldn’t feel confident reporting any homophobic, biphobic or transphobic bullying to university staff.

We have published details of this evidence in our current consultation on harassment and sexual misconduct.

Some of the sources for this evidence are:

Published 09 January 2020

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