Academic supervisors should not have sexual or romantic relationships with students. That’s the message to universities confirmed by new sector principles. Developed jointly by Universities Australia, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) and ...
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Australia, America at odds on campus sexual assault policy
As Australia inches towards a less legalistic, more accuser-centric mode of dealing with university sexual assault, America is ebbing away from it. In September 2017, US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced interim measures that allowed cross-examination of sexual assault accusers and mediation ...
More »Beyond a legal approach: universities get new sexual assault, harassment guidelines
A specialist-trained single point of contact for students and a de-identified data collection mechanism are two of the suggestions put forward in a new set of guidelines for universities to support students who report sexual assault and harassment. The guidelines, ...
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