From 2017:
amp.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/06/new-sexual-harassment-claims-goldsmiths-university-of-london-calls-inquiry?__twitter_impression=true
New sexual harassment claims at Goldsmiths spark calls for inquiry
University at heart of harassment scandal last year paid almost £200,000 to students who made complaints, research reveals
Goldsmiths, University of London, which was at the centre of a high-profile sexual harassment scandal last year, is under pressure to hold a full independent inquiry after it emerged that the institution is facing fresh allegations.
The new complaints have come to light as a result of Guardian investigations, which have also revealed that Goldsmiths paid £192,146 in compensation to students who have brought complaints of sexual harassment, assault or rape against members of staff in the last six years.
The university recently launched a 10-point sexual harassment strategy and announced the creation of a 12-month management post to improve the reporting and addressing of sexual harassment at Goldsmiths.
It wants to become an example of good practice in higher education, but critics say there needs first to be a root-and-branch investigation into the culture at the university to understand what went wrong.
The new allegations date back to the late 1980s and early 1990s and focus on staff in one department. One woman, who was in a vulnerable state following a family tragedy, described how as an undergraduate she was “groomed” by a member of staff with whom she subsequently had a brief relationship.
“What I needed was care and support but what I got was an unethical misuse of power and a very unhappy route straight into his bed,” she told the Guardian
"bed,” she told the Guardian.
“I’m disgusted by what he did to me, when I was so young and emotionally fragile, when I was so clearly traumatised, and under his care. It was a very distressing, confusing episode in my life.”
"I felt terribly sad to know it’s still a big issue and young women are still being subjected to such disgusting misuse of power, and sometimes criminal behaviour. If I hadn’t seen the articles I don’t think I would ever have spoken up about what happened to me at Goldsmiths,” she said.
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