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Respect Matters: Addressing Consent and Gender-Based Violence
Embed a culture of safety, respect, and shared responsibility across campus through evidence-based training on consent, gender-based violence, and bystander intervention, supporting a proactive response to the Australian National Higher Education Code.
Advantages of using Respect Matters
- Support compliance with the National Higher Education Code on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through prevention, trauma-informed response, and institutional accountability.
- Evidence-based and co-developed with subject matter experts and key change-makers, the programme follows a collaborative approach that integrates feedback from institutions, field experts, and students
- Ensure students and staff receive content tailored to their specific roles and responsibilities while maintaining consistency in the core principles.
- High-impact, budget-friendly solution that meets compliance requirements while reducing costs associated with internal development and enables seamless distribution and monitoring.
- Accessible when and where it’s needed, equipping students, staff and student leaders with timely information and skills.
- Includes blended learning resources for in-person initiatives, facilitating the up-scaling of training across the whole university community.
- Track completion and use certificates as evidence of development, with reporting aiding in evaluating programme effectiveness.
This programme is for:
All students and staff at higher education institutions.
- Camille Schloeffel is an activist for the prevention of sexual violence and promotion of sexual wellbeing. She is the Founder of The STOP Campaign, a grassroots organisation tackling sexual violence in tertiary communities through education, empowerment, and advocacy.
- Kelsey Paske is a leader in gender-based violence prevention, having implemented best-practice initiatives at La Trobe, UCL, Advance HE and Culture Shift UK. She is a consultant in Australia and the UK on preventing bullying, harassment, and gendered violence in the education, public, and private sectors.
Student topics:
- Understanding gender-based violence and its impact
- Consent, respect and healthy relationships
- How to support others
- Supporting a safe & inclusive campus culture
Staff topics:
- Understanding gender-based violence and its impact
- Supporting People with lived experience of gender-based violence
- Promoting a safe & inclusive campus culture
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What stood out most was how thoughtfully everything is put together, including the use of real-life examples, conversations, and a trauma informed approach. Overall, it’s very well designed and not something I could have put together myself.Jocelyn Harvey, Student Wellbeing Officer, Australian Institute of Music
We have selected Respect Matters because it takes a broader, more holistic approach than a consent-only model, helping students understand respect, boundaries, and shared responsibility within community life, while also aligning with the National Code.Carolyn Mee, Head of College, Lincoln College
The modules are well-designed and visually engaging, with imagery and scenarios that feel contemporary and relatable for our student cohort.Charlotte Armstrong, Senior Respect Officer, The University of Notre Dame Australia