All information about student protection and support

Catalyst for change: Protecting students from hate crime, sexual violence and online harassment in higher education

The purpose of the independent evaluation reports is to support learning, exchange and dissemination of effective practice from the first two rounds of the projects, and help establish ‘what works’ in safeguarding students. In addition we have published a response to the two reports which includes their recommendations to providers and the OfS.

In praise of POLAR

Recent discussion of POLAR has questioned its utility for targeting underrepresented groups in higher education. But POLAR is, and will continue to be, a powerful tool in the drive for fairer access.

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