Preventing
Sexual Harassment

From 26 October 2024 employers must take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their workers, including by third parties. As an employer, we must be proactive in

• assessing risk
• identifying ‘reasonable steps’ and
• action regularly reviewing our processes

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Strategic Leadership workshops / consultancy

Objective: Enable leadership to critically reflect on and enhance organisational policies and procedures. Strategic focus on:

• Response and support systems.
• Training initiatives.
• Reporting, investigation, and communication strategies.
• Internal policies and procedures.

Staff training / briefings

Objective: Provide staff with the skills and knowledge to recognise and respond to sexual harassment.

• Awareness Raising: Key issues (bystander intervention, consent, legal definitions, freedom of speech).
• Case Studies: Practical examples of how issues are handled.
• Duty of Care: Practical application of responsibilities.
• Reporting Process: Whistleblowing, and reporting concerns.
• Management of Concerns: Following institutional policies, including recording and reporting.
• Support Mechanisms: Personalising support for both victims and perpetrators.

For a free consultation, to discuss your needs and tailored programme to meet your organisation’s needs, please contact us and we will be in touch.

Is your HE institution prepared to meet the Office for Students' regulations on tackling harassment and sexual misconduct?

Universities and colleges should act now to align with these requirements. With tailored guidance, training, and resources, we’ll ensure your institution is ready by 1st August 2025.

Our training and consultancy is designed to promote awareness, develop skills, and establish effective mechanisms for handling concerns related to bystander intervention, sexual consent, freedom of speech, and the management of safeguarding issues.

• assessing risk
• identifying ‘reasonable steps’ and
• action regularly reviewing our processes

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Strategic Leadership workshops / consultancy

Objective: Enable leadership to critically reflect on and enhance institutional policies and procedures. 

Strategic focus on:

• Response and support systems.
• Training initiatives.
• Reporting, investigation, and communication strategies.
• Policies regarding staff-student relationships (exploitation of position of power).

Students

Objective: Equip students with a clear understanding of key issues and processes related to safeguarding and support.

• Awareness Raising: What is bystander intervention, sexual consent, legal definitions, and freedom of speech.
• Case Studies and Examples: Real-world scenarios to illustrate concepts.
• Duty of Care: Outline the institution's responsibility toward students.
• Reporting Process: How and when to report concerns.
• Management of Concerns: Overview of how reports are handled.
• Support Mechanisms: Guidance on available support, with a single source of information for students.

Staff

Objective: Provide staff with the skills and knowledge to handle safeguarding issues in line with institutional policies.

• Awareness Raising: Key issues (bystander intervention, sexual consent, legal definitions, freedom of speech).
• Case Studies: Practical examples of how issues are handled.
• Duty of Care: Practical application of safeguarding responsibilities.
• Reporting Process: How to manage disclosures, whistleblowing, and reporting concerns.
• Management of Concerns: Following institutional policies, including recording and reporting.
• Relationships: Review of staff-student relationships and positions of trust (Code of Conduct).
• Support Mechanisms: Personalising support for both victims and perpetrators, ensuring safe spaces for staff and students.

For a free consultation, to discuss your needs and tailored programme to meet your institution’s needs, please contact us and we will be in touch.