Dear S McKay.

I am writing to acknowledge your request under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 received by The University of Manchester yesterday, our reference
as per the subject line.

The University will respond to your request within 20 working days.

With best regards

Lisa

Dr Lisa Crawley l  Information Officer  l Information Governance Office
l Directorate of Compliance and Risk l  Professional Support Services |
Room G7 Christie Building  l Compliance & Risk Management Office l  The
University of Manchester  l  Oxford Road  l  Manchester  l  M13 9PL  l 
Tel +44 (0)161 275 8400  

Dear S McKay,

Thank you for your request for information received by The University of
Manchester on 29 November 2019 which was as follows:

1. Does the University have a policy for staff regarding sexual
harassment/misconduct between (a) staff and staff, (b) staff and students?
If so, please provide this, preferably a link to it or electronically.
Such a policy might concern definitions, how to report, processes, and so
on.

2. What kind of training (e.g. online or in-person; voluntary or
compulsory) is provided to staff regarding sexual harassment/misconduct?
Approximately how many staff have undergone this training in the last
year? [or last year that has available data]

3. In the last year [or last year that has available data], how many cases
of alleged sexual harassment/misconduct by staff (staff-student or
staff-staff) have been reported to the university?

The University has now considered your request and our response can be
found below.

1.      Our [1]Dignity at Work and Study Policy and Procedures are used if
it is a staff making an allegation against a student, if the complaint was
upheld, this could then be routed through our [2]regulation XVII (conduct
and discipline) specifically the sexual misconduct procedure.

2.      Front line professional services staff receive a 2-hour
face-to-face session on “responding effectively to disclosures of sexual
violence”, which includes a section on definitions and behaviours. An
online accompanying module is in development for next year. 200 staff have
undergone this training in the last year.

3.      During 2018/19 there has been two cases of alleged sexual
harassment/misconduct of staff-staff and three cases of student-staff.

I trust this information is of use to you.

Kind regards

Sharon

Sharon Glen | Information Officer | Information Governance Office |
Directorate of Compliance and Risk |Professional Services | G7 Christie
Building | The University of Manchester | Oxford Road | Manchester | M13
9PL | Tel +44(0) 161 306 7549| [3]www.manchester.ac.uk

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