English universities are being urged to avoid “victim blaming” and provide “clear reporting and support structures” as they tackle student spiking ahead of the coming academic year.
Last autumn, thousands of female students boycotted clubs and bars after a spate of spikings in which victims – most of them women – were reportedly injected with drugs.
With the annual return to campuses under way across the country, a group tasked with coordinating the sector’s response on the issue has released its recommendations to universities, published by Universities UK. The Department for Education-convened Spiking Working Group has cautioned institutions against taking a hard-line anti-drug stance, instead emphasising support to victims.
