Student safeguarding evaluation and resources
Projects
The three rounds of Catalyst funding were as follows:
The first round provided £2.45 million funding (matched 1:1 by projects) to 63 providers addressing safeguarding students on campus; with objectives directly drawn from the UUK Taskforce report’s recommendations. The vast majority of these projects focused on sexual harassment.
The second round provided £1.8 million funding (matched 1:1 by projects) to 45 projects, addressing all forms of hate crime and online harassment.
The third round provided £480,000 (matched 1:1 by projects) to a network of 11 projects addressing religious-based hate crime. These projects were brought together to form a collaborative, nationwide network of specialist knowledge and leading practice in addressing hate crimes directed at students on the grounds of religion or belief.
You can find out more about the individual projects below.
The first round of funding supported activities to tackle sexual harassment on campus at the following higher education providers:
| Provider | Project overview | Amount awarded |
|---|---|---|
| University of Bath |
A university community approach to preventing sexual harassment and assault |
£50,000 |
| University of Birmingham |
CUUB: Creating the Culture |
£50,000 |
|
Blackburn College |
UCBC Safeguarding Hub |
£39,986 |
|
Blackpool and the Fylde College |
(HESE) HE Safeguarding Enrichment |
£50,000 |
| Bournemouth and Poole College |
Speak Out and Step Up Project |
£50,000 |
| University of Bristol |
Student safeguarding on campus |
£35,000 |
|
Brunel University London |
Respect @ Brunel |
£25,530 |
| Buckinghamshire New University |
NeverOK: Sexual Harassment, Assault and Violence on Campus Intervention Project |
£49,187 |
|
Bury College |
All Part of the Solution |
£50,000 |
| University of Cambridge |
Sexual misconduct prevention and victim support |
£43,450 |
|
Canterbury Christ Church University |
Student Peer to Peer Bystander Training |
£43,402 |
| University of Chester |
Leading Behavioural Change for Sexual Consent |
£50,000 |
| University of Chichester |
STEP IN |
£25,000 |
|
Cleveland College of Art and Design |
CCAD Prevents and Safeguards |
£19,000 |
|
Coventry University |
University Challenge |
£50,000 |
|
De Montfort University |
Safe Campus Initiative |
£25,000 |
| University of Derby |
It Takes A University |
£25,485 |
| University of East Anglia |
A Student Community Safeguarding Partnership |
£35,000 |
| University of Exeter |
Safeguarding Against Sexual Violence |
£16,475 |
| University of Gloucestershire |
What is our Campus Culture?: Understanding the concerns and attitudes of our students |
£20,000 |
|
Goldsmiths College |
Sexual Violence & Harassment: changing the culture and preventing harm |
£50,000 |
|
Havering College of Further and Higher Education |
Mechanisms to raise awareness and support HE students facing mental health issues and domestic abuse |
£15,000 |
| University of Hull |
Creating a campus culture: 'Safe and healthy relationships at the University of Hull' |
£42,000 |
|
Imperial College London |
To develop an integrated bystander intervention initiative and sexual violence support programme |
£34,926 |
|
University of Keele |
Taking Responsibility - Ensuring Effective Prevention, Support and Response to Sexual Violence on Campus |
£50,000 |
| University of Kent |
Violence against Wo/men on Campus Project |
£50,000 |
|
King's College London |
It Stops Here - Training Strategy |
£45,000 |
| Kingston University |
ME & (K)U – Creating Healthy Relationships |
£24,500 |
| University of Lancaster |
Safeguarding Project |
£50,000 |
| Leeds Beckett University |
Developing a Cross Campus Zero Tolerance Approach |
£38,000 |
|
Leeds City College |
Safeguarding Awareness |
£16,000 |
| University of Leicester |
Safeguarding by Standing Together |
£49,940 |
|
University of Lincoln |
Building Respect and Changing Cultures in the University Community |
£30,308 |
|
Lincoln College |
Safeguarding for HE in FE |
£35,900 |
|
University of Liverpool |
Changing campus culture through student leaders |
£27,987 |
|
Liverpool John Moores University |
Safer Student Communities |
£48,245 |
|
London School of Economics and Political Science |
Changing the culture: training-based responses to the UUK Taskforce’s recommendations |
£49,759 |
|
London South Bank University |
Stand up, speak out |
£43,000 |
|
Loughborough University |
Challenging the Culture of Sexual Violence |
£23,470 |
|
Manchester Metropolitan University |
Raising awareness and stimulating positive cultural change to prevent or reduce sexual violence and harassment within the University's student community |
£48,396 |
|
Middlesex University |
The Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Safeguarding Toolkit Designed Specifically for the HE Sector |
£47,031 |
| University of Northampton |
New Spaces: Safeguarding Students from Violence and Hate |
£42,180 |
|
Nottingham Trent University |
We want to know: enabling and responding to disclosures of sexual violence and sexual harassment affecting students |
£43,780 |
|
Open University |
Student Safeguarding Training Development |
£50,000 |
|
Oxford Brookes University |
Improved safety through better awareness |
£25,000 |
| University of Portsmouth |
Developing a best practice for staff-student sexual misconduct through the establishment of an active bystander culture of citizenship |
£50,000 |
|
Queen Mary University of London |
Zero-tolerance |
£25,000 |
|
Roehampton University |
UR Prevention and Protection |
£50,000 |
|
University of Sheffield |
Empowering students to take an active role in the University community - combatting sexual violence, harassment & hate crime |
£50,000 |
|
Sheffield Hallam University |
Supporting the development of ethical behaviour in transitioning students |
£44,600 |
|
St George's, University of London |
Consent for all: within healthcare and outside it |
£9,000 |
|
University of Sunderland |
Embedding Bystander interventions in University life |
£41,580 |
|
Teesside University |
Multi-Agency Student Safeguarding Model |
£49,884 |
| University College London |
Resilience of International Students to Sex Crime (RISSC) |
£20,000 |
|
Walsall College |
Challenging the Culture of Sexual Violence |
£28,350 |
|
University of Warwick |
Respect for all at Warwick |
£50,000 |
|
West Nottinghamshire College |
SOS: Safety of students |
£36,000 |
|
University of the West of England, Bristol |
Creating an Inclusive Campus Culture | £50,000 |
|
University of Westminster |
Development of a bystander intervention for safeguarding in UK universities |
£50,000 |
| Wirral Metropolitan College |
Safety Through Empowerment |
£21,936 |
|
University of Worcester |
Bystander Intervention Development (BID) |
£49,720 |
|
University of York |
Cascading training to change culture: an institution wide approach to prevention, intervention and response to sexual violence |
£49,237 |
| York St John University |
Student Safeguarding: Building Healthy Relationships |
£39,500 |
The second round of funding supported the following higher education providers to tackle hate crime and online harassment:
| Provider | Project overview | Amount awarded |
|---|---|---|
|
Anglia Ruskin University |
ARUsafe: development of an online reporting tool to enable better incident reporting at ARU, and an online tool for sharing good practice intended for sector-wide use |
£45,437 |
|
Aston University |
The Aston Alliance: development of online training and campaigns |
£22,479 |
|
University of Bath |
Combatting online harassment and hate crimes: extending the university-community approach. Training, campaigns, events and online resources including bystander videos |
£50,000 |
|
University of Bedfordshire |
Bedfordshire Cyber Awareness Programme (BCAP): working with the sector to develop guidance on effective practice to support online welfare more broadly for all students |
£49,676 |
|
University of Birmingham |
Developing community partnerships and responses with virtual and physical hate crime hubs and forums for sharing knowledge and best practice, within the university and with the other HEIs in the city |
£50,000 |
|
Blackpool and The Fylde College |
Tackling face-to-face and online hate crime and harassment. New mobile/online reporting mechanisms and the creation of a regional network of ‘Partner Practitioners’ from all appropriate sectors |
£50,000 |
|
Bournemouth University |
Responding to Hate Crime: Forum Theatre project, leading to the development of digital content and videos for wider dissemination and training |
£31,050 |
|
Buckinghamshire New |
Hate Crime Cultural Change Project: training and development of University Champions (staff and students); awareness-raising and attitudinal change workshops, campaigns and events. Establishing a system for reporting, tracking and monitoring incidents |
£44,500 |
|
Bury College |
Digital Values: developing good practice, training and policy review. Sector-wide dissemination planned |
£50,000 |
|
Coventry University |
University Challenge: safeguarding students. Development of an effective case management reporting system for student hate crime and discriminatory incidents on campus. Collaboration with UUK to cascade this model across the sector |
£48,956 |
|
University East London |
Step Up to Stop Hate: survey of campus safety; creation and delivery of a bystander-approach, peer-to-peer training package; creation of an online ‘report and support’ tool |
£40,000 |
|
University of Exeter |
Safeguarding Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students: literature review; develop community links; training strategy design; review safeguarding and reporting procedures |
£49,796 |
|
Goldsmiths, University of London |
Establishing a Third Party Hate Crime Reporting Centre |
£50,000 |
|
University of Huddersfield |
Enhancing a Safe & Secure Learning Community: Developing a procedural framework to enable reporting, disclosure and accessing support. Developing student peer educators active on campus plus online and front-line staff training |
£49,852 |
|
Keele University |
‘Never Stand By’: ensuring a co-ordinated community response to hate incidents and (online) harassment at Keele. Developing a comprehensive safeguarding toolkit and a secure reporting mechanism |
£50,000 |
|
Lancaster University |
Hate Crimes Project: promoting community cohesion with local partners and developing resources and training to safeguard vulnerable groups including international students |
£37,000 |
|
Leeds City College |
Tackling Hate Crime: develop an effective reporting system including campaigns and materials |
£10,000 |
|
University of Leeds |
Hate Crime: not on our campus. Develop and establish a reporting system including training and resources |
£38,737 |
|
University of Leicester |
Standing Together Against Hate: improving responses to hate crime through awareness-raising campaigns, bystander interventions, training, a third-party reporting centre, and a new data recording system and university-wide policy |
£47,000 |
|
Lincoln College |
Tackling hate crime and online harassment - HE in FE: training partnership with local community organisations. Development of training and digital resources |
£28,160 |
|
University of Lincoln |
Building Respect and Changing Cultures in the University Community: establishing effective reporting routes, using a digital campaign and developing promotional materials |
£5,000 |
|
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |
Welfare First project – developing an online reporting system |
£8,000 |
|
University of Liverpool |
#Speakout: Calling Out Harassment, Changing the Online Campus. This action research project will conduct questionnaire and interview research with students both to understand, and then to take action on, forms of online student harassment. The project will raise awareness of different forms of online harassment and provide data to help inform resources for future student leaders to use in peer-to-peer training. |
£34,597 |
|
London School of Economics and Political Science |
Changing the culture: building bridges on campus. Developing a model of positive interfaith dialogue aimed at reducing conflict and widening understanding of challenging issues |
£25,000 |
|
London Southbank University |
Stop the hate trait: facilitating community cohesion, creating engagement and training, and establishing a joined-up safe reporting haven on campus |
£49,000 |
|
The Manchester College |
Human Libraries: establish a human library, deliver a student conference and tutorial programme, with CPD for staff and a social media campaign |
£20,000 |
|
Manchester Met University |
‘Take it outside’ Film Festival: showcase relevant student-created films to be shown in conjunction with group discussion. Evaluate festival as an model for the sector to creatively address difficult issues |
£31,000 |
|
University of Manchester |
Active Bystander Initiative: extend, develop and deliver a specialist hate crime active bystander initiative |
£50,000 |
|
Middlesex University |
The no home for hate project: culture change to 'stamp out' hate crime and online harassment through: challenging attitudes; effective reporting mechanisms; improved victim response and support. Including developing appropriate safeguarding training, policy review and 'what works' repository |
£48,500 |
|
Newcastle University |
NU Culture: Respect Without Barriers. Online and print awareness campaign across four campus locations in Newcastle, London, Singapore and Malaysia. Staff training and development of an effective disclosure and reporting system for survivors |
£35,000 |
|
Northumbria University |
Building Capacity to Tackle Online Hate Crime and Stalking on Campus: developing online reporting mechanisms and mapping hate crime and stalking affecting students |
£33,900 |
|
Nottingham Trent University |
NTU stands together: developing a toolkit to drive effective reporting and support; internal and sector dissemination planned |
£43,780 |
|
City College Plymouth |
Students Against Hate Crime (SAHC): creation of awareness-raising online film and dissemination across the city's HE institutions. Peer-to-peer mentoring and training programme |
£38,768 |
|
University of Portsmouth |
Speak UP Step UP Portsmouth: tackling hate crime and sexual violence as part of the city-wide Restorative Portsmouth initiative. Including the extension of the UWE Bystander model for use with hate crime and bullying |
£50,000 |
|
Sheffield Hallam University |
Don’t Stand By: enhancing positive relationships between different groups across the community at the university through the development of the awareness and skills to debate sensitive issues around personal and political identity. Support and training for students and staff in leading respectful debate, followed by student-led events focusing on freedom of speech and discussion of difficult topics |
£39,550 |
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Student Leadership in Inclusive Campus Environments (SLiICE): the development of students as leaders to promote cross-cultural understanding and to tackle inter-community and identity hostility |
£50,000 |
|
University of Suffolk |
Creating a community of digital civility: working in partnership with national safeguarding organisations and Microsoft to raise awareness of online risk, respond effectively and improve the safety of students in relation to online harassment |
£39,901 |
|
Sussex Coast College |
Expect Respect: student survey, staff training, audit of policies and procedures, educational resources and bystander training |
£27,300 |
|
University of Sussex |
Hate crime on university campuses: repairing the harms of hate and prejudice through student-led dialogue. Establishing a restorative justice programme including training and online resources |
£49,999 |
|
University of Central Lancashire |
Hate Crime and Online Harassment: Understanding and Changing Culture. Creating an active partnership with local stakeholders, training and awareness raising and improvements to reporting mechanisms |
£50,000 |
|
University of the West of England |
Online reporting tool for anti-social behaviour and hate crime at UWE. Development and delivery of social marketing, student engagement and staff training in reporting and responding to hate crime |
£49,998 |
|
University of Winchester |
Safeguarding against Online and Social Media Abuse: virtual resource with implementation across the institution |
£48,500 |
|
University of Wolverhampton |
Tackling Hate Crime and Online Harassment Through Education: development, dissemination and analysis of a specific training programme for students and staff |
£50,000 |
|
University of Worcester |
Transgender Education and Support Programme: includes improved reporting and response mechanisms, training modules and awareness raising initiatives across the whole institution. |
£49,268 |
|
University of York |
Developing an intersectional approach to training on sexual harassment, violence and hate crime including dissemination of sector-wide guidance. |
£42,528 |
The following eleven projects will form the national network to tackle religion-based hate crime:
|
Lead provider |
Project |
Amount awarded |
|---|---|---|
|
University of Bath |
Tackling religiously-based hate crime: extending the University community approach |
£50,000 |
|
Coventry University |
Tackling religion-based hate crime on the multi-faith campus |
£49,681 |
|
Durham University |
Religious Hate Crime in the North East: |
£50,000 |
|
King’s College London |
It Stops Here: Religious Based Hate Crime |
£50,000 |
|
University of Leicester |
Standing Together Against Religiously-Motivated Hate |
£36,000 |
|
London School of Economics |
Changing the culture: creating a faith-inclusive campus |
£21,873 |
|
University of Manchester |
Passivity, the Bystander and Religious-Based Hate Crime |
£50,000 |
|
Northumbria University |
Responding to Religious-based Hate Crime on Campus |
£40,499 |
|
Nottingham Trent University |
Real Faith, Real Stories, Real Students |
£43,780 |
|
Sheffield Hallam University |
Standing Together Against Hate: Developing effective community partnerships to tackle religious-based hate crime affecting students |
£43,450 |
|
Southampton Solent University |
Human Library: facilitating powerful conversations between LGBTQ+ and faith communities to foster understanding and empathy |
£49,251 |
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