I am a mature student nurse at university.
There is a fellow student whose comments have made the environment uncomfortable for me. I am reporting it to the university but they've not been particularly proactive and I need to know where I stand from a legal point of view before I speak to them on Monday.
I have told them that a fellow student has made unsolicited sexual comments and discriminatory comments that have made me uncomfortable but I have not yet told them exactly what this person has said. They said they would send me an appointment to come in and discuss but then I heard nothing since.
Just as a bit of background and context, I have bipolar disorder.
I can't remember what precipitated this comment but they were completely unsolicited. I wasn't even in a conversation with him but he was sitting behind me. He leaned forward and told me and a male student that when he masturbated he watched himself in the mirror.
A second comment happened when we were carrying out group work. Again, completely unsolicited he told the group that he was attracted to a lecturer and said he would give her " a good pounding "
The 3rd comment took place in a lecture. He said that "people are getting diagnosed with bipolar because it is fashionable". As a person with bipolar disorder, this comment was really upsetting to me. It is made even worse because he is a mental health student nurse.
I know some people might just shake these comments off but they have made me feel so uncomfortable that I have become quite anxious.
The added complication is that he has autism.
Where do I stand from a legal perspective in terms of what I should expect from university?