IRELAND
The Irish Times
March 19, 2019
By Carl O’Brien
UCC’s ‘bystander intervention’ is being made available to all 22,000 students
One of the most ambitious attempts to create a “zero tolerance” approach to sexual harassment in Irish third level is unfolding on the campus of University College Cork (UCC).
A few years ago, it began piloting a compulsory series of workshops on “bystander intervention” during the first year of its law, nursing and applied psychology classes.
Students were required to attend at least three of the six hour-long workshops to pass their exams.
Louise Crowley, a senior lecturer in law who leads the initiative, says the vast majority of students attended at least five of the classes.
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