The Australian National University (ANU) has released a report on its implementation of recommendations made by the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2017 when it investigated sexual assault and sexual harassment on university campuses.
Vice-Chancellor of the ANU, Brian Schmidt, accepted all nine recommendations including that an advisory body should assess and publicly report on the university’s progress towards implementation of the recommendations within 18 months.
Professor Schmidt said the ANU Progress Against AHRC Recommendations report was written in response to that recommendation.
“The university continues to be committed to providing a safe and respectful campus, and welcomes the opportunity to report on progress on the nine recommendations,” Professor Schmidt said.
He said ANU had a proud history of decades of student activists raising awareness of sexual assault and harassment on campus, lobbying for change and advocating for survivors.
“The university also has a long history of academic research regarding the issues, including that of the Gender Institute, and training, including bystander training and intervention programs in collaboration with external providers such as Canberra Rape Crisis Centre.”
He said the ANU valued, and was grateful for, the continuing work of activists, students and staff alike.
“It has built on this work and activism in responding to the Change the Course report and in developing its broader Sexual Violence Prevention Strategy,” he said.
The ANU’s 21-page report can be accessed at this PS News link.
