Training
The Advice and Response team is developing a number of courses suitable for students and staff at the University. These are aimed at empowering you to understand and support students who may have experienced unwanted behaviour during their studies, and appropriately offer guidance and support.
Coming Soon!
Next to come in our training portfolio will be Active Bystander training for staff and students. Please keep checking back for news on when this will go live.
Responding to disclosures of sexual assault, harassment and hate
Introductory Module
We encourage all staff to complete the introductory online module that can be found through the Staff Learning and Development portal. This module will give you the foundations for supporting students who disclose an incident to you. If this is something that is likely to happen in your role (i.e you are in a student-facing, support capacity for example), we would encourage you to also book onto the longer, interactive session.
2-hour Interactive Session
We recommend that any student-facing staff particularly with a pasotral element to their role complete the 2-hour session with us to build confidence in responding to disclosures. We will be offering Teams sessions across the year.
Tuesday 26th November 10-12noon
Tuesday 17th December 10-12noon
Tuesday 28th January 10-12noon
Booking is via the Training Catalogue course: A&R003 Responding to disclosures here.
Further dates for 2025 will be added shortly.
Understanding Consent
Online Module
This online module aims to educate the University community on the area of Consent, including sexual and non-sexual relationships, to ensure that all parts of the university are clear on consent. This module is primarily aimed at the student body, but we would encourage staff to access this resource, ensuring that we are leading by example when it comes to Understanding Consent.
Please click here to be taken to the online course.
Consent Theatre
Working with external company, Odd Arts, we will be delivering a number of sessions in October of the Consent Theatre. This is an interactive experience, allowing the audience to 'witness' scenarios played out in front of them, and to intervene where they believe that consent has not been given. The session aims to engage the audience in identifying and applying consent to various real-life scenarios that may happen at University.
Recommended Training
Outside of Advice & Response, there are several courses we'd recommend staff engage with. These are either free, or have a small cost associated with certification.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
The EDI team have several courses available, some of which are mandatory so you may have already completed these!