UK SBS BLOJEU-CR17110HEFCE - HEFCE Assessment of strategies to tackle violence against women, harassment and hate crime affecting higher education students

The final date and time for the submission of bids is 04/10/2017 at 14:00hrs.

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In 2015 the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Jo Johnson invited Universities UK (UUK) to prepare a report on addressing violence against women, harassment and hate crime affecting students. The Minister also asked UUK to submit a report on the progress made by Higher Education Providers (HEPs) in 2017; as such the DfE remain interested in the progress of the work and the outcomes of this project. UUK established a Taskforce to support universities in addressing all forms of harassment and to examine what further steps the sector can take to ensure an inclusive, safe and tolerant environment for all students.

HEFCE has been asked by DfE to support UUK's implementation of the Taskforce's recommendations and we are therefore leading this follow-up work to qualitatively evaluate the sector's progress in meeting the recommendations and safeguarding their students

Aims

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