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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline on Monday! FemIDEAS invite abstracts for their upcoming conference, 'Transforming Theory, Policy, and Practice: Decolonise Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Higher Education.' More info: femideas.com/conference Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🏳️‍⚧️ We know unis are now updating their policies following the EHCR guidance on single-sex spaces. Here, Anna Bull calls for decisions to be informed by strong evidence, & points to regulatory requirements for institutions to ensure safety of trans & non-binary students. wonkhe.com/blogs/safety... 🧵

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Safety must shape policy on single-sex spaces

Anna Bull examines how evidence of trans and non-binary people's heightened vulnerability to sexual violence is absent from new EHRC guidance on single-sex spaces Anna Bull examines how evidence of tr...

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

In case you missed it... Watch our recent webinar on the latest OfS regulatory requirements and our new toolkit for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by postgraduate researchers. Key points in 🧵! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDQb...

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Addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by postgraduate researchers - Toolkit launch

YouTube video by The 1752 Group

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

⚠️ Did you know the new regulatory requirements from the OfS on Harassment and Sexual Misconduct came into force on 1st August? For those implementing E6, we've launched a toolkit, tailored to help address the unique risks in this area for the doctoral community: 1752group.com/wp-content/u... 🧵!

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Our August newsletter is out! mailchi.mp/1752group/au... Here you'll find: 🗣️ a call for papers 👨‍💻 our recent webinar recording 📝 our new toolkit on addressing harassment & sexual misconduct experienced by PGRs 🚻 Anna Bull's response to the EHCR single-sex guidance And more...

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New OfS regulations & call for conference papers!

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

what an interesting story in here about a ~*Cambridge professor*~ open.substack.com/pub/thefence...

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Off The Fence: David Cameron's Black-Tie Ball

And a real buffet of archive treats, too

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

How should higher education institutions deal with harassment & sexual misconduct by 3rd parties who are not staff or students? These cases present fewer opportunities for prevention & response. This question is addressed in our new toolkit: ukcge.ac.uk/assets/resou...

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Our new toolkit, 'Addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by postgraduate researchers', tackles some of the hardest qu's in harassment prevention. E.g. How to prevent abuses of power? Won't there always be those who abuse trust & authority? Read & share! ukcge.ac.uk/assets/resou...

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Dr J Warr @warrcrim.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

If you work in #HigherEducation this toolkit is essential reading. From 01/08/25 the OfS are adding a new condition of registration ("E6") regulating #HEIs in England on preventing and responding to harassment and sexual misconduct. #PostGraduate researchers are particularly at risk. #Academia

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UK Council for Graduate Education @ukcge.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

We've just published a free toolkit in collaboration with Dr Anna Bull, Dr Kelly Prince and @the1752group.bsky.social‬. It covers how reports of harassment and sexual misconduct by postgraduate researchers should be addressed by universities. bit.ly/3ZYPi1q

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Addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by…

From August 1st 2025, higher education institutions in England will be required by the regulator, the Office for Students, to comply with a set of…

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UK Council for Graduate Education @ukcge.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Are you aware of the OfS’s new requirements for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct in PGE? Dr Anna Bull (@the1752group.bsky.social) discusses it here and in an event on June 19th. bit.ly/3H3C9O2

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Dr Anna Bull discusses the Office for Student's E6 requirements and…

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I may be revisiting the recording of today’s launch - which was packed full of insights… @ukcge.bsky.social @annabull.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Are you involved in preventing harassment and sexual misconduct in higher education? Ever wondered about how to reach postgraduate research students with your work? We've just launched a toolkit to help! ukcge.ac.uk/assets/resou...

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Powerful words from @the1752group.bsky.social, who work to end sexual misconduct in universities: "The Supreme Court judgement risks making trans and non-binary people even more unsafe...these shameful figures on the prevalence of sexual violence and harassment...are likely to grow even higher."

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Statement in solidarity with the UK trans and non-binary community

As campaigners focusing on gender-based violence within higher education, we are extremely concerned about the consequences for trans and non-binary people of the recent Supreme Court judgement on …

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Dr Anna Bull @annabull.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Please read our @the1752group.bsky.social statement in solidarity with the UK trans and non-binary community: lnkd.in/gr-UH3VP HEIs must ensure any steps they take following the Supreme Court judgement take into account trans people's heightened risk of sexual harassment and violence Please share.

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

We've just sent out our latest newsletter—a run down of all we've been up to this year so far in our work to end sexual misconduct in higher education. Not subscribed? Have a read: mailchi.mp/1752group/ne... And join the mailing list here! 1752group.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe

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Newsletter - what we've been up to!

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Sarah Page @assprofsarahpage.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Important issue.

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

We support the @goodlawproject.bsky.social campaign, The LSE Must Stop Sexual Misconduct! It follows mishandling of a complaint about a professor, but the issue goes beyond this. Read Anna Bull's piece on sexual misconduct by staff in unis & the need for change, featured as part of the campaign.

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Sexual misconduct strikes at the heart of university life | Good Law Project

Too many professors are pursuing their students and causing untold harm, says Anna Bull.

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

📻 Recommended listening! This excellent new podcast episode by @mediastormpod.bsky.social for which our Dr Anna Bull was interviewed: open.spotify.com/episode/4w1Z... It explores how unis handle sexual misconduct cases when their professors are at the heart of the scandal...

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Abuse in academia: Are universities protecting predatory professors?

Media Storm · Episode

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Last month, we were guest speakers at a three day symposium, Holding Space: Taking Action, at Homerton College, Cambridge, which included academics, practitioners, professionals, creatives and students, exploring how to address harassment and create safe spaces in higher education and beyond.

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

NEW ARTICLE: Sexual harassment in academia: Victim-survivors speaking out This commentary piece by our Dr Adrija Dey, Erin Shannon and Joel Quirk is based on discussions between Quirk and Judith Levine in a webinar we hosted with FemIDEAS last year (watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mkg...).

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Sexual harassment in academia: victim-survivors speaking out, the politics of naming, and (lack of) institutional accountability

Following movements like #MeToo, #RUReferenceList, and #NiUnaMenos, university students and staff shared their experiences on social media of harassment and abuse within academia. However, despite ...

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Dr Anna Bull @annabull.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Important news podcast about staff sexual misconduct in HE exploring how it leads to women leaving academia

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

NEW: Sexual harassment allegations linked to drop in citations Our Dr Anna Bull was interviewed for this Nature article on a new study which finds while frequency of citations is not affected by scientific fraud allegations, it is by allegations of sexual misconduct. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Sexual harassment allegations linked to drop in citations

But numbers remain steady for researchers who commit scientific misconduct.

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

NEW RESEARCH 🧵 Anna Bull & Alex Bradley find that notable impacts of sexual misconduct on students include loss of personal and academic confidence, and loss of access to professional networks. Literature on academic networking doesn’t explore this, but clearly it matters… doi.org/10.1177/0886...

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

NEW RESEARCH! 🧵 The Role of "Watershed Cases" in the Implementation of Policies Against Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in English Higher Education Institutions This article comes out of Dr Anna Bull's ESRC-funded project Higher Education After #MeToo: 1752group.com/higher-educa... (1/6)

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Die Rolle von „Wendepunkt-Fällen“ bei der Umsetzung von Maßnahmen gegen geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt und Belästigung in englischen Hochschulen | Open Gender Journal

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

NEW RESEARCH! 🧵 In 2023, the edited collection Sexual Misconduct in Academia was published by Routledge-Taylor & Francis Group. Just a few months later it was withdrawn. The incident represents a wider crisis around academic freedom in publishing on gender-based violence and harassment...

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Academic freedom in publishing on gender-based violence and harassment

The edited collection Sexual Misconduct in Academia was published in 2023 by Routledge-Taylor & Francis Group but a few months later the book was withdrawn from publication. This commentary and cri...

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Dr Anna Bull @annabull.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

See Anna Bull's blog post for the Good Law Project. Sexual misconduct strikes at the heart of university life. goodlawproject.org/sexual-misco...

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Sexual misconduct strikes at the heart of university life | Good Law Project

Too many professors are pursuing their students and causing untold harm, says Anna Bull.

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

It's heartbreaking to see yet another case of staff sexual misconduct mishandled by a UK university. @annabull.bsky.social from The 1752 Group has been talking to the Good Law Project about where we're at on this.

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

This is a great new podcast that really makes this issue come alive. (And yes it features our own @annabull.bsky.social )

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 21/03/2025

“Serial perpetrators harm generation after generation of students and junior colleagues.” Too many professors are pursuing their students and causing untold harm, says @annabull.bsky.social of @the1752group.bsky.social: goodlaw.social/xsix

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Sexual misconduct strikes at the heart of university life | Good Law Project

Too many professors are pursuing their students and causing untold harm, says Anna Bull.

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Please share widely. Unfortunately we all need to know more about defamation law these days.

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

TW sexual assault A director at Durham University is jailed for assaulting two women. We know that staff carrying out harassment or assault are likely to be targeting multiple people. This also shows that universities can't be complacent about who they're employing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Durham man jailed for sex assaults on sleeping women

Former Durham University director Andrew Harston is described as a

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

It's crucial in academic publishing to hear from those affected by sexual misconduct, as well as those analysing it. Dr Anna Bull from The 1752 Group will be speaking at launch of new book #MeToo in Academia 6pm to 8pm Mon 10 March, SOAS London and online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/centre-for-l...

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A research seminar that will be very much worth attending: Addressing gender-based violence in academia Monday, 10 March 2025, 13h GMT – Online Professor Anne Laure Humbert from the University of Gothenburg Details and registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/addressing...

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Addressing gender-based violence in academia - Online seminar

WiCS-Europe & RHUL host this seminar on how to create safe environments and drive action against gender-based violence in academia.

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Dr Anna Bull @annabull.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Yes, it's already Impact O'Clock in the UK... so please share details if you've ever used my sexual harassment research to make change in the world.

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Dr Anna Bull @annabull.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I'm a director and co-founder of The 1752 Group - please do give us a follow if you want updates about our campaigning and research on sexual misconduct in higher education

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

📢 YOUR HELP NEEDED! Have you ever used work by us or Dr Anna Bull on sexual misconduct in higher ed, in a non-academic capacity? If yes, please fill out our short survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You’d be really helping us measure our work's impact and plan future activity! 🧵

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Fill out a short survey on how you've used The 1752 Group's resources

Have you used any resources or publications from The 1752 Group or Dr Anna Bull’s work on sexual misconduct in higher education in any non-academic capacity? If so, would you be willing to fill out t...

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

What can be done about the silencing of those who speak and write about sexual misconduct in higher education? Should higher ed institutions keep registers of perpetrators? These and more are discussed in our newest joint report with FemIDEAS, accessible here: 1752group.com/wp-content/u... 🧵

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

How do we shift responsibility for dealing with gender-based violence away from victims-survivors onto institutions in higher education? Our Dr Anna Bull discusses this important question in a talk for the ENOHE (from 15:15): www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FRq...

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Presentations from Webinar 28.11.24 on Gender-Based Violence

YouTube video by European Network of Ombuds in Higher Education

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Sunday Blake @sundayblake.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

A great campaign group and research organisation committed to ending sexual misconduct in HE has joined Bluesky and you should follow them!

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hello to all our new followers! We would love if you could share our introduction post to help us get started on here.

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

If you work or study in higher education or are at all interested in gender-based violence I strongly recommend following the 1752 Group. They're doing amazing, deeply practical and grounded work around tackling sexual misconduct.

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hey everyone! The 1752 Group are on here now!! Please support this brilliant organisation and the work they do #ClassicsBsky #AncientBsky

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Hi, we're new here! Here's a bit about us... We're a UK-based campaign and research organisation, made up of members of the academic community, dedicated to ending sexual misconduct in higher education.

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