Universities must face up to the scale of the problem of sexual misconduct on campuses and should not assume that merely creating a new policy or disciplinary procedure will be enough on its own to tackle the issues, a conference has heard.
Despite widespread concern about the safety of students – and action across the sector in recent years – there are still fears that the structural problems that cause many of the issues are often going unaddressed, speakers told the Westminster Higher Education Forum policy conference on sexual misconduct.
