Exclusive: More than one-third of universities provide no staff training on misconduct,including harassment and rapeUK universities believe been accused of a complacent and inadequate response to sexual harassment and gender violence after a Guardian investigation found inconsistencies in the support and services offered to victims across the country. The criticism by sexual violence campaigners and the National Union of Students (NUS) came after responses to freedom of information (FoI) requests sent to 120 universities by the Guardian revealed that many do not provide training to staff on sexual misconduct including harassment and assault, lack designated experts to deal with student victims, and in cases of staff harassment of students do not hold independent investigations.
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Source: guardian.co.uk