What is Report + Support?
Report + Support is an online tool where staff and students can report issues of bullying and harassment, assault, sexual misconduct, hate crimes and discrimination of any sort anonymously or by reporting with contact details so that a UWS adviser can provide support.
Report + Support is also home to information about internal and external support. You can find out more about the support available on our support page.
Why use Report + Support
The University recognises that for a variety of reasons you may not feel able to come forward about your experience of bullying and harassment, gender-based violence, hate crime or discrimination. Reporting through this system means that you can report an incident without having to disclose your name or personal details. If you choose to report in this way (submitting an anonymous report) without sharing any identifying information about yourself then no direct action can be taken. We will use the anonymised data gathered only to establish and monitor trends to better inform our decision making and to help us identify whether there are patterns of behaviour that we should address. If you choose to make an anonymous report, you will be asked the following questions:
Report + Support is an online tool where staff and students can report issues of bullying and harassment, assault, sexual misconduct, hate crimes and discrimination of any sort anonymously or by reporting with contact details so that a UWS adviser can provide support.
Report + Support is also home to information about internal and external support. You can find out more about the support available on our support page.
Why use Report + Support
The University recognises that for a variety of reasons you may not feel able to come forward about your experience of bullying and harassment, gender-based violence, hate crime or discrimination. Reporting through this system means that you can report an incident without having to disclose your name or personal details. If you choose to report in this way (submitting an anonymous report) without sharing any identifying information about yourself then no direct action can be taken. We will use the anonymised data gathered only to establish and monitor trends to better inform our decision making and to help us identify whether there are patterns of behaviour that we should address. If you choose to make an anonymous report, you will be asked the following questions:
- What type of incident you, or someone you know, has experienced, e.g. bullying
- Where the incident took place
- Whether you are reporting an incident that happened to yourself, or someone else. You can choose ‘prefer not to say’
- The relationship of you, or the person you’re reporting on behalf of, to the University, e.g. a student, member of staff or 'other'. You can choose ‘prefer not to say’
- Which area of the University you, or the person you’re reporting on behalf of, is connected to, e.g. your School or Department. You can choose ‘prefer not to say’
- Why you chose to report anonymously (optional)
- Characteristic questions relating to yourself. For example, age, gender identity, ethnicity, etc (optional)
We will not take any action to identify individuals from anonymous reports but in order for us to be able to help you fully we encourage you to report with your personal details. If you choose to make an anonymous report then we would ask that you do not include the names or other information that could be used to identify a third party (such as the alleged perpetrator or witnesses).
If you choose to make a report with contact details to request support from an adviser, you will be asked the following questions:
If you choose to make a report with contact details to request support from an adviser, you will be asked the following questions:
- What type of incident you, or someone you know, has experienced, e.g. bullying
- Where the incident took place
- Whether you have reported the incident elsewhere (optional)
- Whether you are reporting an incident that happened to yourself, or someone else. You can choose ‘prefer not to say’
- The relationship of you, or the person you’re reporting on behalf of to the University, e.g. a student or a member of staff. You can choose ‘prefer not to say’
- Which area of the University you, or the person you’re reporting on behalf of, is connected to, e.g. your School or Department. You can choose ‘prefer not to say’
- Characteristic questions relating to yourself, or the person you’re reporting on behalf of. For example, age, gender identity, ethnicity (optional)
- Your contact details: name, phone number and/or email address
The University will not normally take action without consulting you and will not treat your report as a complaint until we have contacted you. If, however, there are serious safety and wellbeing concerns raised by your report we may need to take urgent action without asking you first. See our Duty of Care guidance for more information.