EHU material
This materials are available in Spanish (http://usvreact.eu/es/ehu-material/) and Basque (http://usvreact.eu/eu/ehu-material/)
URV training material
Training, entitled “Sexual violence at the University: recognize, accompany and rethinking response strategies” started at Rovira i Vigili University at the end of January 2017 and was held across different Universities in Catalonia throughout the year Its main purpose is to increase the capacity of the University community for the protection of the rights of [...]
09/02/2018 Athens: Addressing Sexual Violence at the University
Addressing Sexual Violence at the University This one day local event organized by the Centre for Gender Studies of Panteion University in Athens was a great success, with many students participating. The project was commended officially, and the Rector and two members of the university Senate gave introductory speeches. Here some images from the [...]
UCU sexual harassment helpline launched
In the UK, the call to recognise that staff at Universities too can experience sexual harassment has been heard, and the lecturers' union, UCU, has opened a telephone helpline to provide support to those experiencing sexual harassment and any reps who may want counselling support in supporting members is now launched. This is a dedicated [...]
‘Thank you for training’ from a lecturer at Univ. of York
"Being a university lecturer isn't generally very difficult but one of the most challenging aspects by far is pastoral care for students with difficulties, especially harrowing in the case of students who disclose to us that they've been victims of sexual violence - which, people outside universities are always surprised to hear, happens shockingly often. [...]
June 20-22, 2018. Valencia, Spain – HEAd’18: Call for Papers 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances
Scope After the great success of the previous HEAd conferences, which received submissions from 51 countries, we are pleased to announce the Fourth International Conference onHigher Education Advances (HEAd'18). This conference is an excellent forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas, experiences, opinions and research results relating to the preparation of students, teaching/learning methodologies [...]
Comments received from USVreact Conference participants
on 9th November 2017 in London Encouraging more institutional buy in; encourage workshops to be taken by both staff, lectures and students. Take more of an intersectional approach. I have met some very interesting people from different countries with different visions of sexual violence Thanks for being Free, Take away – pathways, strategies and possible [...]
07/02/2018 Brunel University London local conference
‘Tackling Sexual Violence & Harassment on Campus: Policy and Practice’ This free local conference took place at Brunel University London, Eastern Gateway 003/003a on Wednesday 7th February from 11am-5pm. USVreact is the Universities Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence project which has been coordinated by Brunel, but links 24 universities across Europe. The event sees high profile speakers: [...]
Sussex University Partner Training Evaluation Report (PTER)
Disclosure Training at Sussex and Brighton This 'Partner Training Evaluation Report' focuses on the Sussex University training, which has also been piloted by our Associate Partner Brighton University. Our training included: descriptions of sexual violence and statistics about its incidence on campuses in the UK; discussion of the broader context within which sexual violence occurs; the effects of [...]
‘Posters presented at the USVreact Findings Conference in London 09/11/2017’
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