All Reasonable Steps: Building Prevention Capability in Higher Education

Join UHR and The Consent Collective for a free one-hour webinar exploring Higher Education institutions can prepare for the upcoming Employment Rights Act requirement for employers to take "all reasonable steps" to prevent workplace sexual harassment.

This October, employers will face a strengthened legal duty to take proactive steps to prevent workplace sexual harassment. At the same time, universities in England continue to meet Office for Students E6 requirements to support both staff and students in preventing sexual harassment and creating safer learning and working environments. For many institutions, the focus has understandably been on compliance. But effective prevention is not simply about having the right policies, procedures and reporting processes in place. It depends on something deeper: prevention capability. 

In this one-hour webinar, psychologist and author Dr Nina Burrowes will explore what effective prevention looks like in practice and why prevention is not simply an administrative challenge, but a psychological one. Drawing on the themes from her new book, All Reasonable Steps: How Psychology Transforms Workplace Sexual Harassment Prevention, Nina will examine the behavioural and cultural factors that determine whether prevention efforts genuinely succeed. 

What you'll learn:

·       What the new "all reasonable steps" duty means for Higher Education employers.

·       Why prevention capability matters more than simply completing prevention activities.

·       The psychological and cultural factors that determine whether prevention efforts succeed.

·       The capabilities different groups across the institution need to develop, from employees and managers to HR teams and senior leaders.

·       How training, risk assessment, third-party harassment, and organisational learning contribute to an effective prevention strategy.

·       How a staff-focused approach can complement existing work to meet Office for Students expectations.

Whether you are reviewing your institution's readiness for the new legal duty or looking to strengthen your wider prevention strategy, this session will help you think differently about what meaningful and impactful prevention looks like.

Speaker bio: 

Dr Nina Burrowes is a psychologist specialising in the prevention of sexual harassment. Her latest book All Reasonable Steps: How Psychology Transforms Workplace Sexual Harassment Prevention, is the first book to explore how behavioural science can strengthen efforts to prevent workplace sexual harassment. Drawing on experience working with both perpetrators of sexual harm and victims/survivors of abuse, she brings a unique perspective to one of the most challenging issues facing organisations today. Her work helps leaders move beyond compliance and good intentions to create prevention strategies that have a genuine and lasting impact. Nina is the founder of The Consent Collective and Safe Workplace Culture.

Nina has kindly offered a discount for UHR Members who are interested in buying her book. Just contact Emma for the discount code.