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Universities are making students undergo ‘consent courses’ before enrolling for degrees, a report representing Britain's vice-chancellors has found, as The Telegraph reports.

Universities are making students undergo ‘consent courses’ before enrolling for degrees, a report representing Britain's vice-chancellors has found.  
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Universities UK (UUK), the representative organisation for educational institutions, on Wednesday published a report on harassment and hate crime on campuses. 

The report, entitled Changing the Culture, assesses the progress that universities have made since a taskforce was set up in 2016 to look at the scale of harassment and hate crime across higher education...

A spokesperson for SOAS University of London said: "The workshops address many important issues, including consent, sexual and gendered violence, as well as other forms of harassment, violence and abuse. 

“They’re delivered by trained facilitators during enrolment week and, while mandatory, students are able to access support from our Student Advice and Wellbeing Team and opt instead for survivor-led workshops. So they’ve become a highly valued addition to enrolment, positively received by students - and are a strong example of an important student-led national campaign."
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Source: The Telegraph