Promoting Consent and Preventing Sexual Violence at Dundalk Institute of Technology
DkIT is committed to fostering a safe, respectful, and supportive institutional campus culture.
We are actively working to implement the Framework for Consent in HEIs: Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive: Ending Sexual Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions and learning from the recommendations in THEA’s Promoting Consent and Preventing Sexual Violence Report.
In previous years we ran Active Consent training in conjunction with NUIG Active Consent Team. This year in Partnership with UCC we are running Bystander training as part of first year student Induction. This will be provided as part of each individual department's induction with new students. Watch a Quick Guide on Bystander Intervention
Over the course of the Academic Year several training options will be available to students and staff:
Staff and Student representatives will be provided with disclosure training to ensure that students in distress are responded to with compassion and care and guided to the best support available to them
The hub includes answers to frequently asked questions and clear explanations of consent, sexual violence and harassment; an eLearning module for students; information on where to get help if a negative sexual experience occurs; information on training; and more.
The institute has established a new Promoting Consent and & Preventing Sexual Violence (PCPSV) Steering Group which will oversee the development and implementation of the new programme.
PCHEI (Psychological Counsellors in Higher Education Ireland), (of which the DkIT Student Counselling Service are members), and the Higher Education Authority, have developed an online reporting tool that will allow for the anonymous reporting of incidents of sexual harassment, bullying, assault and violence. The tool will help you to find relevant supports and highlight formal reporting procedures, should you wish to use them.
It is important to remember that as the tool is completely anonymous, we have no way to identify or make contact with any member of the college community. Should you wish to report an incident formally please visit the DkIT Dignity and Respect Policy. This policy is currently being revised.
Please report one incident, or series of related incidents at a time; this is to ensure that we can understand the nature of your experience.
As we encourage our student population to engage in the conversation around consent it is important that our staff are aware of the issues around consent, sexual violence, and harassment as well as their role in supporting disclosures. The working group are developing a training plan for staff. In the interim, the following video developed by Active Consent provides valuable information in relation to concepts, statistics, and basic language to support students or colleagues who disclose sexual violence to them.
The Employee Assistance Programme for staff
The EAP is an available resource, providing professional support and information on a wide range of topics. It is available to all DkIT staff and their families. Free Phone 1800 814 243.
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