“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 ...

A South Australian university head has apologised to victims who were sexually harassed or assaulted at the institute, vowing to “do better” in future. The University of Adelaide announced on Thursday it would change its policies, processes and culture as part of a series ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has agreed to or noted all 55 recommendations in a report on sexual harassment in the workplace, one year on from its release. At a press conference, Morrison called the Respect@Work Report a “game changer”. It ...

In August last year, in the wake of the Australian Human Rights Commission's (AHRC) watershed report into sexual assault and harassment at universities, a coalition of organisations called for zero tolerance on student-research supervisor relationships, due to their innate power imbalance. Last ...

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 ...

Avital Ronell, a 66-year-old NYU academic, is being investigated in relation to a sexual harassment complaint made against her by a male PhD student. And there is outrage. But hold the confirmation bias: the outrage is against the accuser, and, ...

Since the Harvey Weinstein allegations were publicised in October last year, it seems the world has shifted. For the first time, women appear to be asserting their power over sexual harassers and abusers, and are being validated for doing so. Among the swathe ...

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 ...

A recent ABC Four Corners episode, I am that girl, shed light on the tricky nature of consent. Legally, it's not black and white. But Saxon Mullins, who says she was raped, wants it to be. Since her experience five years ago ...