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Exeter University has had more reports of sexual harassment and assault than any other university in the country, according to Everyone’s Invited.
New data shared by the group with ITV shows that in just one week, over 1,000 students submitted anonymous reports of their experiences of sexual violence, assault and harassment.
Across 1,035 reports, 86 UK universities were named. Exeter had the highest amount of reports, with 65 testimonies. The university told The Tab student wellbeing is its “primary concern” and it is committed to tackling misogyny and violence against women.
Other universities with high numbers of reports of sexual assault and harassment include Oxford, with 57, and Edinburgh and Leeds, with 53 each.
Oxford and Exeter universities are at the top of a rape culture league table compiled from more than 1,000 testimonies from students.
The Everyone s Invited website, which publishes accounts of sexual abuse and harassment, released the data yesterday to highlight the problem on campuses.
It said rape culture is endemic at universities and praised the courage of young women who had come forward to share their stories.
The website released a list of 17 universities mentioned in more than five testimonies, almost all of which were in the elite Russell Group.
The Everyone s Invited website, which publishes accounts of sexual abuse and harassment, released the data yesterday to highlight the problem on campuses (stock image)
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