We believe that harassment is never okay.
Harassment may involve sexual harassment or be related to a protected characteristic such as age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
Some forms of harassment are considered as hate crimes or hate incidents. A hate incident or crime is any act of violence or hostility against a person or property that is motivated by hostility or prejudice towards a person due to a particular protected characteristic.
Harassment is contrary to the Equality Act 2010 and the University’s Discrimination, Bullying and Harassment Policy
Think
- Are you in immediate danger? If you are in immediate danger or seriously injured, you can contact the emergency services on 999 (or 112 from a mobile phone).
- Find a safe space. If an incident has just happened try and find somewhere you feel safe.
- What is harassment? It might be useful to think about what is meant by harassment and how these behaviours are described.
Report
- Report and Support. Students and staff can report an incident using the University’s Report and Support system. You can choose to do this anonymously or you can request support from the Report Response Team (RRT). If you choose to talk to the RRT they will be able to talk through the options and support available to you, in confidence
- University Procedure. If you choose to make a formal report to the University about a student or member of staff there are procedures which set out the steps you'll need to follow.
Get Support
- Find out what support is available if you think you have been harassed.
Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Find out more on the support available for mental health and wellbeing.
- Take care of yourself. It’s important that you take care of yourself. If you’ve heard something distressing or if something is troubling you, the University's Student Support and Development team (for students) and HR (for staff) offers confidential help.