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Underreported and unknown student harassment at the Faculty of Science

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Reports of sexual harassment at medical faculties throughout the world, including the Radboud University, raised the question how prevalent this is at the Faculty of Science. We performed a survey among students to assess their experiences with harassment. This questionnaire consisted of questions from the EGERA survey, a questionnaire held among staff of multiple European Universities. We found that 9% of the respondents had observed or experienced harassment at the Faculty. Hardly any of these cases were reported to one of the institutional services. Moreover, most students did not now any of the provided services. We therefore suggest raising awareness on harassment and to make students more familiar with the trust person.

Source: PLoS ONE

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215067

Authors: Laura Jussen, Toine Lagro-Janssen, Joke Leenders, Colin Logie, Rachel Mijdam

Institutions: Radboud University Nijmegen, Radboud University Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Gender equality, Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,595