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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

As Anna notes, trans & non-binary people are facing a significant risk to their safety. However, the judgement shows how provision of single-sex services is a political choice that depends on the relative power of different groups. The possibility for change through activism remains. /End of 🧵

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

In considering any steps in response to this judgement, HEIs would do well to consider this guide from Gendered Intelligence: genderedintelligence.co.uk/page/how-to-...

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

As such, higher education institutions (HEIs) in England now have obligations to ensure that any steps they take following the EHCR guidance account for the heightened risk of sexual harassment and violence faced by trans and non-binary students, and indeed staff.

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

The OfS's new regulatory requirements are relevant here as they require HEIs to: 1) Address harassment on basis of gender reassignment, 2) Understand how students may be likely to experience harassment or sexual misconduct in order to address the issue. www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-provider...

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Condition E6: Harassment and sexual misconduct - Office for Students

Condition E6: Harassment and sexual misconduct

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

In light of the evidence above, it is concerning that women’s safety is discussed in the EHCR consultation but safety of trans & non-binary people is not. Trans and non-binary people would face the greatest increased risk to their safety & dignity compared to current policies.

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

Toilets have been shown to be a particularly risky space for trans & non-binary children at school and the risk increases where they are not allowed to use toilets that match their self-identified gender (including where they had to use single staff bathrooms instead).

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

This is well-established by national studies of: 180,000 students in the US, 8000 students in Ireland, 43,000 students in Australia And also by studies of: specifically staff-student sexual misconduct, specific disciplines, different campuses or sexual and gender minority groups.

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

Evidence from a wide range of international studies shows clearly that trans and non-binary people face much higher risks in relation to sexual harassment and assault than cis people, both men and women. This fact is entirely missing in the consultation version of the guidance.

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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

Sahana Arun Kumar from the Department of Education, University of York, responded to the toolkit from a postgraduate researcher perspective. Watch from 40:15.

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

Guest speakers from the Uni of Bath brought notable examples of effective & replicable good practice, e.g. using anonymous reporting to obtain PGR-specific data, and the importance of completing investigations where possible, even when a reported staff member leaves mid-process. Watch from 21:52.

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

Dr Anna Bull from The 1752 Group outlined Condition E6, from the new OfS regulatory requirements, and introduced our toolkit, designed for those implementing E6 in relation to postgraduate researchers. E6: www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-provider... Toolkit: 1752group.com/wp-content/u...

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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

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

In this comment piece in @wonkhe.bsky.social, Anna Bull and toolkit co-creator Kelly Prince outline the specific risks and challenges faced by PGRs when it comes to sexual misconduct and harassment, and the ways our toolkit addresses these. wonkhe.com/blogs/how-to...

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How to address harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by PGRs

Anna Bull and Kelly Prince explain a new toolkit offering practical guidance to address the unique risks that PGRs face over harassment and sexual misconduct

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

Internationally-renowned publication Nature featured this comment piece by The 1752 Group's Dr Anna Bull on how the toolkit can support staff and higher education institutions to prevent sexual misconduct and harassment experienced by PGRs: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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PhD students face high risk of sexual harassment — can universities stop perpetrators?

A toolkit outlines how academia can prevent various forms of misconduct.

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

Our toolkit, developed in collaboration with the UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE), addresses a potential gap in regulatory and legal requirements. It provides thorough guidance tailored specifically for the PGR community.

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

The the new regulatory requirements by the Office for Students and the Worker Protection Act mark a pivotal moment for higher ed institutions (HEIs) in England. They mandate that HEIs take key steps to prevent & respond to harassment & sexual misconduct. Our work has fed into this development.

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

The isolated nature of their work can make it harder for PGRs to report misconduct or harassment and find appropriate support. Exposing harassment or misconduct can also have significant career consequences.

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

The specific experiences of postgrad researchers (PGRs) can be overlooked. But PGRs can be more vulnerable to harassment & sexual misconduct due to power imbalances with supervisors, a lack of shared understandings of professional boundaries (e.g. in conferences, fieldwork) and academic isolation.

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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

Join the mailing list to stay up to date with our work to end sexual misconduct and harassment in higher education: eepurl.com/gTQwPf

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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

Find more information, research, good practice examples, and resources in our toolkit. We have workshop resources (slides, a presentation, and facilitators’ notes) for 1.5 hour workshops with PGRs and PGR supervisors available at: www.1752group.com/pgrs

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Addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by postgraduate researchers

In partnership with the UK Council for Graduate Education — supported by funding from the Enhancing Research Culture fund at the University of York — we have produced a toolkit for higher…

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

Holding open conversations & agreeing an approach to sensitive boundaries b/w students & staff helps signal to the community that learning relationships take priority over other ways of relating to each other. This work is particularly effective when embedded in induction & training programmes.

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Addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by postgraduate researchers

In partnership with the UK Council for Graduate Education — supported by funding from the Enhancing Research Culture fund at the University of York — we have produced a toolkit for higher…

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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

It is comprehensive and enables the reader to choose topics most relevant to their context. It's been reviewed and informed by experts including practitioners and those who have been subjected to harassment and/or sexual misconduct during their postgraduate studies.

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

Among other tools, it includes a conversation guide for discussions with HR & Student Services colleagues, and workshop resources to support the co-creation of shared norms around professional boundaries between PGRs & staff.

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

It features guidance on preventing abuses of power, including ensuring safer staff recruitment and introducing a robust staff-student relationships policy.

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

It suggests ways to address some of the most challenging issues, e.g. the risk of harassment during fieldwork and on fieldtrips, and by those outside the HEI who PGRs may rely on, like industry supervisors, placement staff, conference delegates.

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

The toolkit highlights how each area of work will help to demonstrate compliance with regulation E6 and the Worker Protection Act, making it relevant for those working in and outside of England. It offers practical ways to prevent harassment, plus short- and longer-term responses to harassment.

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

We primarily address Doctoral Deans and PGR Leads, but hope it is equally valuable to practitioners working to prevent harassment and sexual misconduct in HE, and across all student and staff groups. Here are the headlines...

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

Prevention & response must take account of the context of doctoral research and the ways PGRs engage with their HEI, compared with UG & PG taught students. That's why, with @ukcge.bsky.social & funded by UKRI Enhancing Research Cultures via Uni of York, we've developed a toolkit for this context.

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

OfS data shows that up to 22% of PGRs have been subjected to unwanted behaviours of a sexual nature as students, while 24% of students of ethnically minoritised groups have experienced racial harassment. Our toolkit is based on research evidence, has examples of good practice, & centres PGR voices.

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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 · 03/05/2025

We at The 1752 Group stand in solidarity with the UK’s trans and non-binary community and call on higher education institutions to ensure that this judgement does not put trans and non-binary students and staff further at risk. / End of thread

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

We'd like to see assurances that new guidance is being prepared in collaboration with a range of organisations representing trans communities in the UK.

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

We urge the EHRC to rethink their extreme interpretation of this ruling, which would involve the segregation of trans people from public facilities (e.g. toilets) that are congruent with their lived sex.

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

With these concerns in mind, we call on the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to ensure that their forthcoming guidance on the new ruling explicitly outlines how organisations should protect trans people from such abuse.

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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

As such, higher education institutions in England have obligations under the new regulations to ensure that any steps they take following the Supreme Court judgement take into account the heightened risk of sexual harassment and violence faced by trans and non-binary students (and indeed staff).

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