Sexual misconduct or violance constitutes a type of harassment or assault characterised by unacceptable behavior of a sexual nature. This encompasses:
- Intimate partner violence
- Grooming
- Coercion or sexual requests
- Unwanted or inappropriate physical contact
- Suggestive comments, gestures or innuendos
- Online comments, posts or unsolicited images via social media, email or texts
- Intrusive questions or spreading rumours of a sexual nature
There may be other forms of sexual misconduct or violance that are not listed above, which could also constitute sexual harrassment or assault.
Sexual assault is a criminal offense wherein an individual deliberately touches another person without their consent, the touch being sexual in nature.
Sexual harassment denotes unwanted and unwelcome words, actions or behavior of a sexual nature that aims to create an intimidating, hostile, degrading or humiliating environment. It often involves the misuse of personal or institutional power.
Get support
There is lots of specialist support available both within the college and externally that you or someone you know can access for support with sexual misconduct and violence.
We need some info on what support is available to people regarding this topic. Both in college and externally support.
Report
You can also use Stay Safe to anonymously report what happened below. There are three ways you can tell us what happened. Choose the option that describes you and click to complete the form.
If you are not a current student of member of staff at the college, please select the General Public option.
The form will allow you to select the type of concern you would like to report. If your are unsure which category your concern is most relevant to, or you would like to find out more information about the support available within each category, please see the How we can support you section.
You can also select 'unsure' or 'other' if you feel that the categories available are not appropriate for the concern you are reporting.
