Senators unanimously condemned the university sector in a landmark inquiry into current and proposed sexual consent laws, urging the education minister to protect students and staff.  The Legal and Constitutional Affairs Reference Committee (‘the committee’) released its report on Wednesday, ...

“Today marks a hard day for the community and particularly for victim-survivors of sexual harassment and sexual assault,” declared Universities Australia Chair, Professor John Dewar. Dewar’s words came after yesterday’s release of the 2021 National Student Safety Survey, conducted by ...

**An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed a quote to a University of Newcastle student. It has since been amended.** "Reported one incident and was told that without evidence I should just forget what happened.” This quote, given by a University ...

On behalf of fellow students in their position, Anna McNeil (20), Eliana Singer (19), and Ry Walker (20) have sued Yale University for its fraternities. In their claim lodged in court this month, the women (who study art history, political science, and ...

The University of Warwick has reversed its decision to allow students back on campus after they issued rape threats. After a public backlash, the university in Coventry, England imposed a lifetime ban on two students. The original incident, which occurred last ...

As an 18-year-old, I dated a boy who lived at St Paul's College at the University of Sydney. There was a girl who attended neighbouring The Women's College - lets call her Freda - who was treated akin to the Puberty ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

For the first time, higher education providers will be assessed for registration renewal purposes on their provision of student support services. The additional standards, which came into effect in 2017, were largely a response to the Human Rights Commission's report on sexual harassment ...