Surveys of experiences of sexual violence and harassment in higher education: reports and findings

Authors

Pádraig Macneela
Kate Dawson
Theresa O’Rourke
Siobhán Healy-Cullen
Lorraine Burke
William F. Flack Jr., Bucknell UniversityFollow

Publication Date

1-27-2022

Document Type

Report

Description

In April 2021, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, asked the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to conduct national surveys to track students' and staff's experiences of sexual violence and harassment.

Working with an expert advisory group, the HEA Centre of Excellence for Equality Diversity and Inclusion ran surveys of staff and students in April 2021. 7,901 students and 3,516 staff answered the surveys (11,417 responses in total).

The department will use the results of these surveys to make policy and funding decisions to tackle sexual violence and harassment in higher education institutions (HEIs).

Related

Department

Psychology

Comments

Summary of Survey results is attached. Full report documentation can be found at The website for the Government of Ireland.

Recommended Citation

Macneela, Pádraig; Dawson, Kate; O’Rourke, Theresa; Healy-Cullen, Siobhán; Burke, Lorraine; and Flack, William F. Jr., "Surveys of experiences of sexual violence and harassment in higher education: reports and findings" (2022). Other Faculty Research and Publications. 181.
https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/fac_pubs/181