Radio 4 File on Four - sexual violence on campus

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Just catching what sounds like a good programme about sexual violence and harassment at universities. It probably started at 8.00pm. They've talked about the Warwick case.

The George Lawlor case?

I’m finding the cases from my own former university particularly shocking and disheartening.

Lord sorry I'm not familiar with George Lawlor. It was the case of male students at Warwick making sickening comments in chatrooms about raping other students. They were then, on appeal to the university (I think), allowed back after a year until the women mentioned very bravely kicked up a fuss.

It is shocking and depressing isn't it Quater . Disilllusionment.

I will listen to the programme properly myself when I get a chance.

There was a terrible case in a local university; a student became paralytic after one drink, the bartender told the man who bought her the drink to get her safely to her room. She came round the next morning on the floor in the corridor.
He was found not guilty.

the bartender told the man who bought her the drink to get her safely to her room.

Epic safeguarding failure on the part of that bartender. The guy who bought the drink is the last guy you should trust.

I am aware of universities, including Russell Group members, who are asking existing staff to volunteer as unpaid sexual violence liaison officers and work with students reporting sexual assault. The caseload is on top of their existing workload. This is in my view appalling: it's treating the emotional labour of helping SV victims as not worthy of payment. it's overloading already-overworked staff.* it sends a message to the victim that the uni doesn't care enough to actually pay dedicated staff to help them.

Awful inebriati.

Yes wcacademia. One investigation mentioned in this programme was even headed up the university's director of press! Reputational damage clearly at the forefront of their mind.

Anyway, here's the actual link on iplayer now if anyone is interested:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0008hy4

The programme after (which I caught about 4 minutes of-I’m still trying to avoid radio 4 but dh keeps programming the radios in the cars to it, then occasional bastard programmes book me in before I twig) think it was See Hear. A surgeon had been experimenting with optical matters and was in a big pile of shit for it. Made me think of another issue.