Universities warned against ‘victim blaming’ in spiking response
Institutions told to ‘join up’ response with local officials, to have emergency medical care and forensic testing procedures in place
Institutions told to ‘join up’ response with local officials, to have emergency medical care and forensic testing procedures in place
Nicole Westmarland shares what she learned about creating a new way of working in academia after losing her spouse
The new wave of violence targeting female students across the UK requires urgent redress, says Nicole Westmarland
Wave of reported injection assaults in nightclubs and bars raises questions over level of responsibility that lies with institutions
Wide-ranging survey of mothers working in higher education reveals institutions’ inconsistent and often ineffective responses
Many universities are setting up ‘consent courses’ to reduce sexual assault and harassment on campus. Helen Lock attends one and considers a variety of views about their value and limitations
I like the honesty in Nicole Westmarland’s article (“Life after loss”, Opinion, 18 June). It was recommended to me because of my despair at being a final-stage PhD student and a single parent while...
Nicole Westmarland’s heartfelt article about the challenges of widowhood struck a chord with me: both my mother and my sister lost their husbands when they were in their early forties and raised...
Student leader calls for clearer rules on student-staff relationships after Sussex report into abusive lecturer case
Teesside University recently announced that all professors who are not in management roles will have to reapply for their jobs (“University tells entire professoriate to reapply for their jobs”, News...
A shocking film about the extent of sexual assault at US colleges has just toured UK universities. It is high time we took this problem seriously in Britain, says Nicole Westmarland, while US...
A lecturer will take her sabbatical at Durham without leaving Canberra, writes Hannah Fearn