Sexual Misconduct and Harassment

Sexual Misconduct
and Harassment

Emergency Support

If you or someone else is in immediate danger or are seriously injured, we advise you to contact the emergency services on 999 (or 112 from a mobile phone), where it is safe and possible to do so.

If the incident you are reporting has just happened and you are on campus and need assistance, please call Campus Security on ex 3333 or 01227 823333, or activate the SafeZone app.

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The University of Kent’s pledge to prevent and respond to Sexual Misconduct and Harassment

Any form of sexual misconduct, or harassment has no place at the University of Kent.

Join us in making our university the safest it can be.

  • We want you to know what the procedures, expectations, and actions taken within the university are. Including how staff and students can report and disclose incidents of sexual misconduct and harassment. 
  • We want to be transparent with you about our approach and response to sexual misconduct and harassment.  
  • We want you to know the support we offer and how you can access it. 
  • We want to work collaboratively with staff and students to develop and evaluate all aspects of how we address sexual misconduct and harassment.  
  • We pledge to ensure that risks relating to Sexual Misconduct and Harassment are identified and effectively mitigated. 
  • We want to have a fair, clear, timely and accessible approach to taking action in response to reports and disclosures of sexual misconduct and harassment.
  • We want all members of our community to undertake our staff and student training with the purpose of raising awareness of, and preventing, harassment and sexual misconduct.

Support available

If you have (or thinks they have) experienced sexual misconduct, there are a number of support options available to you if and when you are ready. Underneath we detail the different support options for both staff and students. If you would prefer to access support external from the University, we also detail that information below as well. Under the ‘External Support’ tab we also provide information for more specialist support for different groups of people including gender and culturally specific support. We will never ask ‘Why?’ when coming forward and will provide non-judgmental support.

For students

For staff

External support (for all)

Reporting options

Any form of sexual misconduct, assault or harassment is never okay. Please visit Report + Support for detailed information about sexual misconduct, stalking, hate incidents, discrimination, physical harm and verbal abuse, domestic abuse, harassment, bullying and spiking. There is detailed information on the support available to you, and how to report. We have also provided a video guide which talks you through Report + Support before committing to reporting. You may also choose to report to the police, we have provided a link which gives more information as to what is involved in making a police report.
Watch the video

Report + Support

Police Reporting

Policies and Procedures

For more detailed and specific information about our procedures, definitions and guidance for all aspects of staff and student response to sexual misconduct and harassment follow the below links:

Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Harassment Policy (Staff & Students)

Staff policies

Student policies

Respect at Kent

Non-Academic Discipline Regs

KMMS Documents/Fitness to Practise

Kent Students' Union Disciplinary Policy

Kent Students' Union Comments and Complaints Procedure

Personal Relationships Policy

Policy Development and Review Policy

Reporting Procedures

Staff Reporting Procedure

Student Reporting Staff Procedure

Student Reporting Student Procedure

Annual reports

Kent officially launched Report + Support and the accompanying Consent. Get it. Full Stop campaign in September 2021 to provide students and staff with one place to find out about support and campaigns, and to report incidents of bullying, harassment, stalking, domestic abuse, discrimination, physical harm and/or verbal abuse, spiking, hate incidents, and sexual misconduct. Every year we collate the data from reports submitted and provide an annual report. These help us to build a picture of things that are happening within our community, and for us to respond appropriately. We aim to make our campuses as safe as they possibly can be.
Category: Annual Report

2023-24

Incidents Submitted through Report + Support

Category: Annual report

2022-23

Incidents Submitted through Report + Support

Category: Annual report

2021-22

Incidents Submitted through Report + Support

Consent. Get it. Full stop.

The University's sex-positive campaign to cultivate and strengthen a culture of consent in our community of staff and students.

Consent campaign

Our training programmes

At Kent, we provide a number of training opportunities for staff and students. With this training we aim for our community to be as best informed as they can be to help make our campuses as safe, inclusive and supportive as they can be.

Privacy Notices

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Student Support and Wellbeing Privacy Notice
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Student Report + Support Privacy Notice
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Appeals, Conduct and Complaints Office Privacy Notice
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HR Staff Privacy Notice
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Staff Report + Support Privacy Notice