From Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Higher Education Authority (HEA)
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In April 2021, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, asked the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to conduct national surveys to track students' and staff's experiences of sexual violence and harassment.
Working with an expert advisory group, the HEA Centre of Excellence for Equality Diversity and Inclusion ran surveys of staff and students in April 2021. 7,901 students and 3,516 staff answered the surveys (11,417 responses in total).
The department will use the results of these surveys to make policy and funding decisions to tackle sexual violence and harassment in higher education institutions (HEIs).
You can find the results of the student and staff surveys in the documents below. There are four documents:
Summary of student survey findings: sexual violence and harassment in higher education
Report on the National Survey of Student Experiences of Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions - Summary of Survey Findings
Summary of staff survey findings: sexual violence and harassment in higher education
Report on the National Survey of Staff Experiences of Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish HEIs - Summary of Survey Findings