Lady Gaga’s right – sexual assault is too common at universities. But help is at hand If you have ever been subjected to sexual assault, there is no ‘correct’ way to get help, but here are the options available to you
Cambridge University revises guidelines for handling claims of sexual assault Victims can now formally report allegations of sexual violence for the first time in move welcomed by student body and lawyers
Universities and student victims of sexual assault Letters: Suggesting that the university’s clinical practitioners are failing their institutional duty of pastoral care may deter exactly those students who most need the expert support and guidance that is available
FGM awareness web app launched to inform girls at risk Petals, developed with the help of Coventry schoolchildren, aims to give teenagers facts about female genital mutilation without detection
Coping with cancer at university showed me who my friends are My treatment made studying tough, but supportive friends helped me through
Sleeping pods for students: can naps replace a good night’s sleep? With the hope of boosting grades, universities are creating spaces for students to catch 40 winks in the library
Before I had even left university I was told I may be infertile As a student I was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome – making me question what the future would be like for me
Top of the list of student demands: not lower fees, but more counselling Stress and anxiety are becoming an epidemic in universities, and yet services offering support are being cut back
On the pill? That’s not enough to make sex safe Being on the pill is making many young women at my university lax about their sexual health
The only people who need to fear an affirmative consent standard for rape are rapists Prevailing polices that permit silence or nonresistance to be construed as consent contort the very concept of sexual assault beyond recognition