Is this an extension of the school problem mentioned before....

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Do universties need to have the same level of scrutiny as schools for their culture?

Is there anything to be read into which universities seem to be worst effected?

It is surely an extension of the problem in society.

Is this a problem that is being increasingly highlighted though

Has the school website morphed into something larger...is there something about university life that is separate from the rest of society?

I'm surprised it has taken this long to make the connection. Warwick was highlighted as an example a couple of years back. Such young men learned to normalise such behaviour at school,

I wouldn't describe it as an extension as such.

It is the press belatedly refusing that the initial rush of stories bashing private schools gave the wrong focus.

Everyone's Invited always had plenty of accounts from all schools and from universities.

But the misplaced focus on private schools has allowed the issue to dissipate. Which is unfortunate

I understand this is a societal issue but is there something about our university system that is facilitating this?

It is difficult to blame university/parents when people are over 18 but are the incidents recorded due to a culture fostered at school that has not yet dissipated?

No, there is something about our SOCIETY that facilitates this. It is everywhere. We all need to step up. All of us.

You could argue that although it is societal problem the residential aspect of universities exacerbates it.

Many of the stories from secondary schools were about weekend parties rather than in-school incidents, usually parties with inadequate or no parental supervision. That is not to say, of course, that parents should be required to prevent teenagers being abusive, but to say that this environment creates more opportunities for abuse to occur unhindered.

Universities have large numbers of young people living together. As they are normally young adults, supervision is not required. Combined with the social nature of university, there are many, many opportunities for abuse to be perpetrated.

Some of it may be a culture learned at school being continued into higher education but I really question how much is being learned through school and how much through society/family.

To be honest this is not a problem limited to young people. I have worked in aged care and resident-on-resident abuse is a huge problem you rarely hear about in the media.

Do universities need to do something to change the environment?

I know students are young adults but 18 can still seem quite inexperienced.