This week, we have been talking about consent and why it is important, promoting blogs, videos, and the Consent Matters programme. To round off the week, this article will explore further resources to help you learn more about consent and take your knowledge further.

Remember to complete the Consent Matters online programme, the programme covers three modules:

• Module 1: Thinking about consent. Defining what consent is & why it is important. How to understand when consent has or has not been given. 
• Module 2: Communication skills and relationships. Considering your boundaries and communicating those with your partner. How to recognise other peoples’ boundaries. 
• Module 3: Looking out for others. How and when to safely intervene if you see behaviours that make you uncomfortable or situations where consent has not been given. 

Learn about consent:

Student Life blogs

Consent week – boundaries, respect, and positive intervention

Consent Matters – RUSU’s Welfare Officer Poppy

A student’s perspective: the Consent Matters programme

Communicating Consent

Radio/Podcasts

The New Age of Consent

Videos

The best way to check if someone is giving consent is to ask them.  Watch this short video that’s been made by the UMSU Feminist Collective. 

What does consent mean to you?

What is consent?

Let’s Talk About Consent

Tea and Consent

Cycling Through Consent

Articles

In this article getting groped is just part of a normal night out, Lindsay Brown reports on how sexual assault is an ordinary occurrence for many women on a night out.

An article on #MeToo on campus and the steps that are being taken by universities

An account of how a sex worker won a rape case on grounds of conditional consent

The government has announced a review of image-based sexual abuse law

A study suggesting sexual activity of young men in the US on the decline

Reports

National consultation into the sexual assault and harassment experienced or witnessed by students and graduates from universities across the UK conducted by Revolt Sexual Assault and The Student Room

Websites

What Consent Looks Like

What Is Sexual Consent? | Facts About Rape & Sexual Assault

Your Guide to Sexual Consent

Sex and consent Brook

Support:

University support

Never OK If you have been affected by sexual assault and would like to formally report the incident to the University – you can do this via emailing neverok@reading.ac.uk.  Once you have reported an incident our Student Welfare team will contact you to offer you support, talk through your options and explain what can happen next to help you decide what you want to do.

Student Welfare Team We know university can be a challenging time, and that you may experience a range of issues when you are here. You are not alone, and you don’t have to get through it by yourself.

External support

The Samaritans are a nation-wide helpline that provides emotional support to anyone who’s in distress, struggling to cope or at risk of suicide

Relate offers nationwide counselling, support and information for every type of relationship

SupportLine offers confidential emotional support to young adults on any issue by phone, email or post

Ask Brook is a helpline service that provides sexual health information and support for anyone under 25, anywhere in the UK via a 24/7 online tool:

Kooth provides free and anonymous support for young people via an online chat service

The Mix takes on problems and questions facing the under-25s and gives them support via phone, email, peer-to-peer and counselling services as well as articles and videos

Even though Consent Week finishes today, you can still complete the Consent Matters online programme by visiting reading.ac.uk/consent