We are committed to promoting a safe, supportive and inclusive campus environment for every member of our community. Incidents of sexual harassment or misconduct are taken very seriously.
On this page you will find details of how you can report an incident, including through our Report + Support website, and how you can receive support from our specialist teams.
Sexual harassment includes a wide range of behaviours that create an intimidating, hostile, embarrassing, humiliating, degrading or offensive environment for the recipient. Any unwanted conduct of a sexual nature can be verbal, psychological or physical.
Examples include:
- sexual comments or noises like catcalling and wolf-whistling
- sexual gestures and innuendos
- being sent unwanted messages like ‘sexts’ or sexual images including photographs
- unwanted physical contact, exposure or ‘flashing’
- revenge porn
- upskirting
Sexual violence is defined as any unwanted physical sexual activity. Sexual violence can include:
- rape
- assault by penetration
- sexual physical assault
- coercing someone to engage in sexual activity or forcing them to without consent.