UQ Respect Staff Training
Explore and attend the training options available to you to help promote a safe and respectful UQ Community.
Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault: What are the drivers and how can staff respond?
All staff at Australian universities need to be able to identify and take appropriate action on incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault. This online module was developed by Universities Australia and the Australian Psychological Society and adopted at UQ for ALL university staff to complete. It will take approximately one hour to complete the module.
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Identify behaviours that constitute sexual harassment and sexual assault;
- Understand their drivers;
- Better understand how often they occur and their effects;
- Identify barriers to reporting, disclosing and seeking help;
- Respond and support students and staff appropriately and effectively; and
- Identify support systems in your university
Respect Network Workshop 1: Prevention in Action
Previously titled: Preventing Sexual Misconduct in the University Context
Length: 4 hours
Audience: UQ and affiliate staff
Delivery: Face-to-face
Pre-requisites: N/A
Sexual assault and sexual harassment is a serious issue affecting students and staff at universities across Australia.
This course focuses on how we as staff at UQ can actively prevent sexual violence and promote safe, trauma informed and inclusive learning and workplace environments for both students and fellow staff.
Key topics that are explored in this course include:
- how to identify sexual misconduct behaviours
- understanding and communicating consent
- creating trauma informed settings and environments
- outlining the drivers of sexual and gender-based violence to influence change
UQ staff can register for this workshop via Workday. Affiliate staff who don’t have access to Workday (e.g. college/UQ Sport staff) can email uqrespect@uq.edu.au to register.
This is the first of two workshops that needs to be completed to join the Respect Network.
Respect Network Workshop 2: Responding to Gender-based Violence
Previously titled: Responding to Sexual Misconduct in the University Context
Length: 4 hours
Audience: UQ and affiliate staff
Delivery: Face-to-face
Pre-requisites: Respect Network Workshop 1: Prevention in Action is a pre-requisite to this training and participants must have completed this course in the previous 12 months.
This training builds on the knowledge developed in the previous course by focusing on teaching participants how to respond to disclosures of sexual misconduct with a trauma informed approach. Participants will have the opportunity to practise these new skills by responding to different scenarios and case studies, whilst also participating in interactive and engaging group discussions.
Participants will also be provided with resources and services to support their own self-care and to identify instances of vicarious trauma to further protect their own wellbeing.
UQ’s Integrity Unit also presents a session during this course to assist participants to better understand the formal reporting pathways here at UQ.
UQ staff can register for this workshop via Workday. Affiliate staff who don’t have access to Workday (e.g. college/UQ Sport staff) can email uqrespect@uq.edu.au to register.
This is the second workshop that needs to be completed to join the Respect Network.
Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct Refresher Training
Length: 4 hours
Audience: UQ and affiliate staff
Delivery: Face-to-face
Pre-requisites: Attendees must have previously completed both Prevention in Action and Responding to Gender-based Violence workshops
This course refreshes the content taught in "Respect Network workshop 1: Prevention in Action" and "Respect Network Workshop 2: Responding to Gender-based Violence". It also aims to ensure members of the Respect Network are supported in their roles with updates on current best practice and research.
UQ staff can register for this workshop via Workday. Affiliate staff who don’t have access to Workday (e.g. college/UQ Sport staff) can email uqrespect@uq.edu.au to register.
Members of the Respect Network are expected to complete this refresher training every two years.
Ethical Bystander Interventions in the University Context
Length: 2.5 hours
Audience: UQ community
Delivery: Face-to-face
Pre-requisites: N/A
This workshop aims to provide members of the UQ community with the skills to safely intervene if they witness harmful or discriminatory behaviour. This workshop will guide participants through scenarios in which you will explore strategies you can use to take action to promote a safer, more respectful community. UQ staff can register for this workshop via Workday. Affiliate staff who don’t have access to Workday (e.g. college/UQ Sport staff) can email uqrespect@uq.edu.au to register.
If you would like to request a session for your club, college or organisational area you can do so via our Training EOI form.