A researcher has written an article about the potential benefits of collaboration between university sexual violence support services and academic researchers.
Times Higher Education has published an article exploring the impact of the 2023 Worker Protection Act on how UK providers will address tackling harassment and sexual misconduct.
Medr (Commission for Tertiary Education and Research in Wales) has published a request for providers to inform them of their interventions to tackle violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence in higher education.
This presentation provides an overview of the Office for Students condition of registration on harassment and sexual misconduct, and the implications for Student Services work across the UK.
This presentation explores applying the Office for Students regulatory requirements, with a particular focus on preventing abuses of power between staff and students.
Office for Students has released information about a pilot survey on the prevalence sexual misconduct for final year students across English providers.
Legal expert Eversheds Sutherland has published a briefing note about the legal implications of the Office for Students condition of registration for tackling harassment on non-disclosure agreements.
Legal expert Eversheds Sutherland has published a set of briefing notes about the legal implications of the Office for Students condition of registration for tackling harassment.
HEPI (Higher Education Policy Institute) has published an article advocating for co-creation and co-delivery approaches in developing standardised consent education.
Wonkhe has published an article about the Office for Students' condition of registration on sexual misconduct and harassment. It advocates for clearer guidelines for staff-student relationships, especially for small and specialist providers.
Office for Students has published an analysis of the responses and decisions on their consultation regulating harassment and sexual misconduct in English higher education.
Emma Maslin (Senior Policy and Research Officer) helps members understand and respond to policy changes in the higher education sector that impact the work of Student Services. Here’s Emma’s update about current policy priorities for summer 2024.
Sam Boyle (Senior Policy and Research Officer, AMOSSHE) helps members understand and respond to policy changes in the higher education sector that impact the work of Student Services.
On 7 December 2023 AMOSSHE Executive Member Ian Munton (Aberystwyth University) spoke at an event on behalf of AMOSSHE hosted by Policy Foresight. The event was called Confronting Harassment and Misconduct in Universities and Colleges: Towards a Whole Institution Approach.
Sam Boyle (Senior Policy and Research Officer, AMOSSHE) helps members understand and respond to policy changes in the higher education sector that impact the work of Student Services.
Sam Boyle (Senior Policy and Research Officer, AMOSSHE) helps members understand and respond to policy changes in the higher education sector that impact the work of Student Services.
On 22 June 2023 AMOSSHE Senior Policy and Research Officer Sam Boyle attended a webinar hosted by gender-based violence (GBV) charity EmilyTest to introduce their GBV Charter for higher education, and how universities in England and Wales can get involved in a pilot to launch the charter across the UK.
Building on our response to the Office for Students (OfS) consultation on a new approach to regulating harassment and sexual misconduct in English higher education, here's a clarification of our position with regard to regulating staff-student relationships.
AMOSSHE has responded to the Office for Students (OfS) consultation on a new approach to regulating harassment and sexual misconduct in English higher education.
On 24 April 2023 AMOSSHE Senior Policy and Research Officer Sam Boyle attended a meeting of the Office for Students (OfS) Prevalence Survey Expert Advisory Group.
This briefing covers some of the key policy proposals in the new Office for Students (OfS) consultation on regulating harassment and sexual misconduct in English higher education.