Handling information and confidentiality

<p dir="ltr">Ensuring confidentiality is a key principle in creating a culture where those affected feel safe to make a disclosure about harassment and sexual misconduct.</p> <p dir="ltr">The University will take all reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality and privacy of those who disclose harassment and sexual misconduct. However, there may be circumstances (e.g. in order to protect an individual at risk) where we are required to share information with other agencies or to share information internally. Further details about confidentiality and information sharing are provided in the Sexual Violence and Sexual Misconduct Policy, the Data Protection Policy and in the  online reporting tools.</p> <p dir="ltr">We provide data on reports to our Board of Governors annually. This is anonymised and does not include details such as names, courses etc. The only information provided is the level of study (such as 1st year, 2nd Year BA / MA) and the gender of the reporting / reported student. No data is reported that would identify an individual.</p> <p dir="ltr">It is expected that the OfS may ask for data in the future, in which case we will provide data as detailed above for the Board of Governors.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/reports-legal-privacy/single-comprehensive-source-of-information/supporting-you#student-support-services"><strong>Click here for more information.</strong></a></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p>