Consent on Campus - Challenging Gender based Violence

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dc.cclicenceCC-BY-NCen
dc.contributor.authorCrofts, Melanie
dc.contributor.authorHill, Kimberley
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-11T11:59:33Z
dc.date.available2019-06-11T11:59:33Z
dc.date.issued2018-03
dc.description.abstractRising rates of gender-based violence, sexual assaults and victimisation have made on-campus consent an important topic of research. Research suggests that consent is often misunderstood, but limited research has focused specifically on the perceptions and attitudes of consent among university students. In 2014, the National Union of Students (NUS) in the UK initiated a campaigned called ‘I Heart Consent’, which aimed to raise awareness of consent and challenge myths around gender-based violence. The campaign followed research conducted by the NUS which found that sexism and ‘lad culture’ were pervasive on campuses. The University of Northampton (UoN) is a campus of change-makers and wanted to start its own conversations about consent on-campus. Inter-disciplinary researchers from Law and Psychology convened a local ‘I Heart Consent’ week of action, to raise awareness about consent at a local level. This week of action involved cross disciplinary sessions as well as involvement from local organisations, such as Rape Crisis and an LGBTQ group. During this week, students were surveyed about their perceptions and understanding of issues around sexual consent, as well as their knowledge of gender-based violence and support services. This paper will provide an overview of the UoN’s week of action, while outlining findings from this research. A focus will be on the direct and practical applications of this work. For example, these findings may inform local policy and practice, as well as systems within Higher Education which provide support for students disclosing incidents of sexual violence and sexism. This will also include implications that this work has for future research, including how these findings might inform existing campaigns and the development of new campaigns which seek to address perceptions of consent within Higher Education in the UK. The implications of this research impact on the wellbeing of staff and students and discusses the implications of inter disciplinary working and the role of legal education when it comes to raising awareness and running campaigns addressing sexual violence on campus.en
dc.exception.ref2021codes254aen
dc.funderNo external funderen
dc.identifier.citationCrofts, M., Hill, K. (2018) Consent on Campus - Challenging Gender based Violence. Association of Law Teachers Conference, University of Keele, March 2018.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/17998
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedNoen
dc.subjectHigher educationen
dc.subjectConsenten
dc.subjectSexual Violenceen
dc.titleConsent on Campus - Challenging Gender based Violenceen
dc.typeConferenceen

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