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
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.
Responding to Sexual Misconduct in the University Context
Length: 4 hours
Audience: UQ and affiliate staff
Delivery: Face-to-face
Pre-requisites: Preventing Sexual Misconduct in the University Context 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.
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 Preventing Sexual Misconduct in the University Context and Responding to Sexual Misconduct in the University Context.
This course refreshes the content taught in "Preventing Sexual Misconduct in the University Context" and "Responding to Sexual Misconduct in the University Context". 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.
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.