Disclosure and support process for cases of sexual misconduct
Where students provide consent and contact details
Step 1

Disclosure
- Students can disclose sexual misconduct, harassment or violence to the University through:
- The University may receive information from the Police and other external agencies.
Step 2

Assessment
- After a disclosure has been made, we contact the disclosing student within two working days to arrange a one-to-one supportive conversation.
- We talk to the disclosing student to gather information and discuss the disclosure.
- We undertake a needs assessment with the disclosing student to determine
support options, including referrals to internal and external support agencies, such as:
- External
- Specialist support (i.e. sexual assault referral centre)
- Counselling services
- Health services
- Internal
- Counselling services
- Welfare advisers
- Residential support services
- Academic support
- External
- We discuss options for reporting the disclosure to the Police or to the University as a disciplinary matter.
- If the student reports as a University disciplinary matter, the disciplinary process begins.
Step 3

Continuous Support
- We continue to support the disclosing student, re-evaluating requirements until the student’s needs are met.