Dr Anna Bull: Staff Sexual Misconduct in Higher Education

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Dr Anna Bull is Senior Lecturer in sociology at the University of Portsmouth, and co-founder of The 1752 Group, a research and lobby organisation working to address staff sexual misconduct in higher education. Her research interests include class and gender inequalities in classical music education; and staff sexual misconduct in higher education. Anna has published her research in leading sociology and music education journals. She was academic advisor to the National Union of Students for their recent report Power in the Academy: staff sexual misconduct in UK higher education and was lead author on The 1752 Group’s report Silencing students: institutional responses to staff sexual misconduct in higher education (Links below) In this conversation, Anna spoke about these two studies, the findings from these and some recommendations for improving institutional responses to staff sexual misconduct and more. Research Discussed: Silencing Students study: https://1752group.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/silencing-students_the-1752-group.pdf Sector guidance to address staff sexual misconduct in higher education (March 2020): https://1752group.com/sector-guidance/ Other relevant research: https://1752group.com/research/