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    51 voters

    Make Consent and sexual misconduct training compulsory for all students.

    Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous
    Expired
    • Wellbeing
    • Equality
    • University Sites and Campuses
    7comments
    The Higher Education Policy Institute's (HEPI) survey found that nationally 58% of students backed the idea of having to pass a test to show they "fully understand" consent. This should be a mandatory module or training session for all students to complete, to minimise the risk of events of misconduct or non-consent occurring.
Tylae Close
11:10am on 8 Oct 21 This needs to be compulsory! Especially after events from recent memory. Don’t understand why this wasn’t done years ago, full support!
Tay Baverstock
11:50am on 8 Oct 21 Fantastic! This needs to be done! It would definitely make me and many others feel safe on campus and around Derby too????
Amelia Hopkinson
2:07pm on 8 Oct 21 100% YES YES YES. Incredibly important.
Nayan Khetani
4:33pm on 8 Oct 21 Excellent, but if a potential student fails, will they get guidance and be able to re-take. A test is a test but helping change a person minds that fails is also important!
Joseph Webster
8pm on 10 Oct 21 I'm for this, but I do have to raise a concern for student's who have been assaulted who may be distressed by this. This would need to be tackled effectively, especially as new students may not have anyone they feel comfortable telling within the University Staff. Also, what would happen to students who don't attend? Or who dodge the lecture. There are definitely practical issues that would need to be solved.
Jessica Macculloch
9:51am on 11 Oct 21 This needs to be done during Induction Week as well. And should be mandatory for all students. Any student who doesnt attend must be chased up.
Jake Mander
1:20am on 13 Oct 21 I agree with the principle, but to treat such an important machine-like and robotic format just reduces the subject matter to “just another survey to complete”. I’ve worked with e-Learning. It’s great for quick and easy bits of revision, but not so great for driving home emotive and sensitive topics to learners such as consent. I’ve also seen quite serious e-learning mandatory courses with important subject matter such as these turned into competitions to see who can complete it quickest… I’m not quite sure on the current state of affairs regarding the Union, but perhaps workshops, talks and discussions could be delivered during welcome week that might address this issue on a more human level and have more meaning impact?