Sexual assault: what happens after students speak out?

Beyond Today

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🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

There were more than 700 allegations of sexual misconduct at British universities over the last academic year, according to an investigation by the BBC’s File on 4 programme. Since that documentary aired last week, the team has received a moving response from student survivors of sexual assault who came forward to speak about their experiences. The University of Leicester is one of the academic institutions which is trying to tackle the problem of sexual misconduct on campus. Despite investing millions into welfare services the university has received 29 reports of sexual assault since records began in 2015, including seven last year. In this episode we hear the stories of three University of Leicester students who are sexual assault survivors and who tell us what they’re doing to make change. We also talk to BBC producer Kate West about her findings from the File on 4 investigation. In the UK, the rape crisis national freephone helpline is 0808 802 9999. Further information and support for anyone affected by sexual assault can be found through BBC Action Line. Presenter: Matthew Price Producers: Philly Beaumont and Seren Jones Editor: John Shields Mixed by Nicolas Raufast

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:06.6	Hello, I'm Matthew Price and this is Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4,
0:11.0	a space to ask one big question about one big story.
0:19.6	This is the second part of our series on sexual assault. Today, what happens after students speak out?
0:27.0	Hopefully you heard yesterday's episode, you didn't go back after this one and
0:36.1	listen to it because we spoke to Chanel Miller, the American woman who was sexually
0:40.0	assaulted at a party at Stanford University in 2015. Her story went global. She has
0:47.1	recently waived her right to anonymity. She's gone public with it. And her telling us what happened to her made us wonder how big a problem
0:56.2	sexual assault is at university in Britain. Well Surin Jones is
1:02.1	reporting and producing this episode. Hi Surin Jones is reporting and producing this episode.
1:04.0	Hi, Sirin.
1:05.0	Hi Matthew.
1:06.0	And we should say we are of course about to hear some really disturbing stories.
1:11.3	So Surin, universities start this week, which one did you go to?
1:14.8	I went to the University of Leicester.
1:17.0	There are students there that started a campaign to tackle sexual assault and raise awareness
1:21.2	about it.
1:22.2	They've called it Me Too on campus.
1:24.3	Earlier this year it went viral on Twitter and now other universities have followed
1:28.8	their lead. Is it a particular problem at Leicester? Well it's bad everywhere really. Since 2015 which is
1:35.7	when records began the University of Leicester received 29 reports of
1:39.8	sexual assault including seven last year. Three of the 29 spoke to me. Surprisingly, they
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