People who were sexually harassed in a university context who sought help from the university

1.3 Systems and institutions are culturally safe, accessible, inclusive, trauma- informed and centre lived experience.

Increased confidence and trust in the systems and institutions to respond to GBV and keep communities safe.

Proportion of people who were sexually harassed in a university context, who sought support or assistance from the university.

An increase in the proportion of people who seek assistance from universities for sexual harassment will indicate improved confidence and trust in institutional responses. 
This measure captures only a proportion of formal responses provided by systems and institutions, but it can provide useful context when monitoring how responses are changing across different areas over time. It is intended to complement data from other areas and is not intended to represent all systems and institutions.
Sexual harassment is only one form of sexual violence. Data should be considered alongside related data on sexual assault.

2021

Number of students who had experienced sexual harassment who made a formal report or complaint to their university.

Data element: Person—made a complaint
Data source: NSSS
Data source type: Survey

Number of students who had experienced sexual harassment.

Data element: Person—experience harassment
Data source: NSSS
Data source type: Survey

This measure is expressed as a proportion of those who experienced sexual harassment. 

100 x (Numerator/Denominator)

Not available for first release.

The NSSS collects information from students aged 18 years and over studying at an Australian university. 
Sexual harassment is defined as any unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favours or conduct of a sexual nature in relation to the person harassed in circumstances where a reasonable person would have anticipated the possibility that the person harassed would be offended, humiliated or intimidated.
Students were asked if they sought support or assistance from within the university, such as from counselling services, campus security, someone in their faculty or school (lecturer or tutor), someone from their residential college/dorm/house, student leader (e.g. Women’s Office or President of a Student Union or Guild), or someone else associated with the university.

In 2021, a total of 43,819 student participated in the survey for a completion rate of 11.6%. 
For some population groups, numbers may be too small to be reported on separately.
Where the RSE for numbers and estimates is between 25% and 50%, this will be indicated in the data visualisation and any accompanying data tables. Where the RSE is greater than 50%, the data will not be published.
The NSSS survey is not representative of university students as it uses a convenience sample based on voluntary survey completion and online recruitment and completion.