The 1752 Group
University of York
Who would you like to contact?
Anna Bull
Academic, Director of Research
anna.bull@1752group.com
Adrija Dey
Academic, Director of International Knowledge Exchange
adrija.dey@1752group.com
Problem
Sexual misconduct by staff is under-reported and under-researched. Higher education institutions in the UK need to be leading the change to prevent cultures of abuse, respond effectively and without inflicting further harm, ensure robust, student-centred reporting and investigation procedures, and implement policies and procedures to eliminate the sexual misconduct of academic, professional services, contracted and temporary staff.
Solution
The 1752 Group advocates for an evidence-based approach to addressing sexual misconduct in higher education. We have established five strategic priorities for the higher education sector in the UK to begin to address sexual misconduct. All five must be enacted together as part of an overall, wide-ranging and comprehensive approach to this issue. We draw on expertise from our backgrounds in organisational change, student unions, private and public sector consultancy, facilitation, corporate training, grassroots activism, and research. Our work has contributed to a national conversation in the UK and we are leading action on staff sexual misconduct in higher education.
Sustainable Development Goals addressed
Some facts:
- The name of our organisation – ‘The 1752 Group’ – is a reminder of a turning point for change. In December 2015, a small group organised a one-day conference on staff-to-student sexual harassment at Goldsmiths, University of London, following some of our experiences of this nature while studying there. Out of this conference, we realised the need for a national organisation to address sexual misconduct carried out by academic and professional staff within universities.
- £1752 is the amount of money that was allocated by Goldsmiths to this event. While this provided a starting point for change, such a small investment is totally inadequate for the scale of the changes that are needed within higher education institutions to address sexual misconduct. This work requires strategic, multi-level work from individual institutions as well as longer-term partnership and investment in research, education and prevention by the higher education sector as a whole. We chose ‘The 1752 Group’ as our name as a reminder that sticking-plaster solutions and small gestures are not going to address this systemic, endemic problem within academia.
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