Consent Framework

SETU is committed to developing and supporting a culture which is safe, supportive, respectful and positive and which actively strives to end all forms of sexual harassment and violence. We are actively working to implement the National Framework for Consent in HEIs: Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive: Ending Sexual Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions

Through our Ending Sexual Violence, Prevention and Support Committee (ESP), we are focused on making SETU safe, respectful and supportive for all members of our community.

If you have a general enquiry about the work of the Ending Sexual Violence, Prevention and Support Committee (ESP), please email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Speak Out is an online anonymous reporting tool to disclose incidents of bullying, cyberbullying, harassment, discrimination, hate crime, coercive behaviour/control, stalking, assault, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape. 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, there is no way to identify or make contact with any member of the university community. Should you wish to report an incident formally, please visit the Speak Out reporting tool:

For students from the Carlow and Wexford Campus, visit here.
For students from the Waterford Campus, visit here.

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.

Supports available for students and staff at SETU

Carlow & Wexford

Waterford

An Garda Síochána

In an emergency, if a crime is happening right now or someone is in immediate danger, Phone: 999/112

If you are deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or have a speech impairment: Text 112, you need to register your phone on www.112.ie before using this service.

To report an incident of sexual violence or domestic abuse, contact your local Garda Station. For all non-emergency calls to the police call your local Garda Station.

Carlow Garda Station
Athy Rd, Carlow, R93 W983
059 913 6620
Hours: Open 24 hours

Wexford Garda Station
Cromwellsfort, Wexford, Y35 DH60
053 916 5200

Waterford Garda Station

Other External Services

Carlow and South Leinster Rape Crisis Centre
72 Tullow Street, Carlow
FREEFONE 1800 727 737
059 913 3344
[email protected]

Wexford Rape Crisis Centre
The Rocks, Maudlintown, Wexford
053 9122722
1800 33 00 33
[email protected]

Wexford Women's Refuge
053 9121876
1800 220 444
Hours: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Carlow Women's Aid Limited
7 Old Dublin Rd, Carlow, R93 T443
059 917 3552

Waterford Campus External Supports

SETU’s Ending Sexual Violence, Prevention and Support Committee (ESP) oversees the implementation of the Framework for Consent in HEIs; Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive: Ending Sexual Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions across the University.

Membership comprises of key stakeholders including academics, student support services, EDI, the Student’s Union, HR and external specialist agencies. The vision of the Framework is to ensure an institutional campus culture which is safe, respectful and supportive.

SETU values and promotes a culture where every individual is treated with dignity and respect, and free from harassment and bullying. The higher education student experience must not only be concerned with the pursuit of academic excellence, but also to prepare students to engage with and make positive contributions to society.

As part of SETU’s response to the Framework, the University is working to ensure that all students and staff have access to education and support in the area of consent. Supporting the safety, health and wellbeing of our students and staff is our top priority at SETU. We believe in an organisational culture which encourages and supports the contribution of all and where members of our community can learn or work to their full potential.

Action Plan

Terms of Reference

Active* Consent Training

SETU is committed to the development of an institutional campus culture which is safe, respectful and supportive. 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 through the following:

Active* Consent Classes, Workshops & Drama

In partnership with NUIG Active* Consent we run Active* Consent Online Classes, as well as SMART Consent dramas and workshops on campus.

All First-year students are invited to take part in Active* Consent initiatives throughout the year. These initiatives include facilitated workshops, self-directed learning, attendance at drama performance, along with targeted communications. Students and staff will also be invited to share feedback including workshop evaluation and institutional and national surveys. Together we will continue to promote sex positive experiences and a campus culture which is free from SVH.

Active* Consent Online Workshop Trailer

Active* Consent Staff Awareness Raising

Bystander Intervention Training

SETU is committed to ensuring a culture of respect, consent and safety across our university, and to creating a culture of zero tolerance to any form of sexual harassment or violence.

What will I learn from the programme?

The online Bystander Intervention programme will teach you

how to recognise unacceptable behaviour,
what the barriers to intervention are
how to overcome them, and
how to safely and effectively intervene

I’ve already taken a Sexual Consent Workshop, why should I do more training?

The Bystander Intervention Programme builds on your knowledge of consent. It teaches you the skills to know when and how to intervene in a situation of sexual violence or harassment.

You will learn about the 5'D's of Intervening which includes knowing how to non-confrontationally intervene when ‘banter’ goes that bit too far, to empowering you to step in if a friend is in trouble.

The Golden Rule of Bystander Intervention: Only intervene when it is safe for you to do so, and in an emergency call 999 or 112

Where can I take in the programme, and how long is it?

You can access SETU's Bystander Intervention Programme on Moodle/Blackboard. The programme takes approximately 1–2 hours to fully complete.

Carlow & Wexford policies and procedures

Waterford policies and procedures

Active Consent launched The Consent Hub website, in partnership with the Department of Justice and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. This learning hub is the first national and publicly available online resource for sexual consent education and awareness in Ireland.

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 trainings; and more.

For more information, please see Consent Hub

SETU launch of its Bystander Intervention Programme

Bystander Intervention Prize Winners

Shane Tutty, Student of SETU was the winner in week 1 pictured with Dr Allison Kenneally, VP of EDI

Student of SETU Meabh O’Brien was the winner in week 2 pictured with Dr Allison Kenneally, VP of EDI.

Rhys Morgan, TY Student Abbey Community College & Under 16 Munster Rugby Player with Róisin Shanahan, Senior EDI Officer at the launch of Bystander Intervention Module.