If you have been affected by
harassment or sexual misconduct
Are you at immediate risk of harm?
In an emergency you should contact the police and/or an ambulance by telephoning 999.
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Do you need support because you have experienced an incident relating to harassment or sexual misconduct?
Support is available. You are encouraged to reach out to any of the following people/ services:
a local rape and sexual assault centre (this link is to an NHS webpage that will give you contact details of a centre near you in the UK)
the College’s Student Welfare Manager
your personal tutor
a College chaplain.
It may also be helpful to first discuss the situation with a friend, family member or, indeed, any member of the College’s staff that you feel you can trust.
Are you considering what action to take?
It is your decision whether to take action and what action to take. You don’t have to take a decision quickly and you can change your mind. We encourage you to speak to someone you trust about what action to take. You can always choose to take no action, but if you do, the College is committed to supporting you through the process whatever you decide to do.
To contact the police call 101 (for non-emergency situations).
If the behaviour was by a student, you can speak to a personal tutor (normally your own) or either of the standing members of the College’s Conduct Panel: Miles Tradewell or Dotha Blackwood. The person you talk to will explore your options further with you.
If the behaviour was by a member of College staff, you can raise a formal complaint. You do this through a form that is available in your Handbook and Policies page on the VLE. There is an option to do this anonymously, but please be aware that this could impact the College’s ability to investigate the situation and communicate the outcome.
Have you been or do you think you might be accused of harassment or sexual misconduct?
As a student, you are encouraged to discuss the issues with your personal tutor or an appropriate other member of staff. You should also consult the Conduct Review Procedures to understand the processes that the College may work through.
Has somebody you know recently experienced an incident relating to harassment or sexual misconduct?
There are a number of things you can do.
You can encourage that person to seek support and/or to report the incident. You might offer to accompany them as they do this.
If they currently don’t want to do that, but you feel it is in their best interests to do so, you can discuss what to do with your personal tutor, making sure that you don’t identify the student(s) concerned.
In some cases, having weighed up all that you know, if you believe it is the best thing to do, you can raise the issue in the appropriate way (if serious enough, to the police; if the behaviour was by a student, to a personal tutor; if it was by a member of staff, by making a formal complaint).
Details on the College’s approach in this area can be found in other documents.
View and download Moorlands Policy Documents
Policy on Harassment and Sexual Misconduct
This policy gives an overview of the principles and practices that the College follows in this area. It covers definitions of key terms, how students are protected from harassment and sexual misconduct, what happens should an incident occur, how the College’s approach to the area is monitored and developed, and how this and related policies are communicated.
Academic Framework 9F: Conduct Review Procedures
The Conduct Review Procedures explain how the College responds to inappropriate conduct by a student, including of harassment or sexual misconduct against another student or indeed against any other person. It covers how matters can be raised and how they are investigated and considered. The document includes details of how all students involved are supported and protected from further harm, how their data is protected, how they are communicated with, and timeline expectations.
Staff-Student Behaviour Policy
The Staff-Student Behaviour Policy spells out how students may expect staff to behave in relation to them, including the zero tolerance of harassment and sexual misconduct. It explains how potential risks to students from the abuse of power are mitigated, including through a ban on intimate personal relationships.
Academic Framework 13: Student Complaints
Student Complaints details how a student can raise a complaint, including a complaint about staff behaviour, including concerning an incident relating to harassment or sexual misconduct. The document describes how students in such situations are supported and protected from further harm, how their data is protected, and how they are communicated with, and timeline expectations.
Status of this document
This webpage constitutes the “single, comprehensive source of information” on incidents relating to harassment and/or sexual misconduct required by the Office for Students through its on-going condition of registration E6. The other relevant documents are subsidiary to this webpage.