University assistance and support

If you’ve witnessed or experienced sexual harm, gender-based violence or any threatening or inappropriate behaviour as a member of the UNE community, the university can help you.

What happens when you contact someone at UNE for support

You are in control.

We will listen to what you want and assist you as you wish.

We will not take any action unless you want us to. There may be exceptional circum if there is an immediate threat of danger to you or someone else.

We will put your safety first.

We will do everything we can to make sure you are safe.

Sometimes we will need to take steps to ensure the safety of others as well. We will always try to discuss this with you.

We will assist you to get any help you may need and want including medical care, counselling, and reporting to the police.

We will listen.

We listen to you and will ask you what you need. We will ask you what your immediate circumstances are, and your immediate concern/s.

We will do all that is possible to make sure you only have to tell what happened once, and once only. There may be circumstances beyond our control, and you have to answer further questions or re-tell what happened to you. These circumstances will be discussed with you.

We will ask you what you think will help you.

To help, we need to understand what’s important to you. We will give you as much information as possible so you can decide the best possible action for you, however, we will need to know what’s most important so we can give you the right guidance. e.g. 'I want to feel safe when I come to class'.

We will explain and explore options.

We will tell you what options are available, how they might help, and what each path would look like for you. It’s up to you to decide which option is most appropriate for you.

Sometimes we will need to take steps to ensure the safety of others. We will always try to discuss this with you.

We will talk to you anonymously

If you do not want to tell us who you are, we can still give you as much information as possible to help you. However, we can assist you better if you let us know who you are.