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<p>The Department for Education does not hold this information, however my department
and this government takes all forms of hate crime extremely seriously. There is no
place in our society – including within higher education – for hatred or any form
of harassment, discrimination or racism.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2015, the government
asked Universities UK (UUK) to set up a Harassment Taskforce to consider what more
can be done to address harassment and hate crime on campus. The taskforce’s report,
‘Changing the Culture’, published in October 2016, recommended a zero-tolerance approach
to harassment and hate crime.</p><p> </p><p>On 27 July 2017 UUK published a directory
of case studies detailing the innovative projects universities have developed to address
the taskforce’s recommendations. These include Goldsmith’s hate crime reporting centre
(case study 11) which is a joint initiative with the local authority in Lewisham and
the Metropolitan Police, which provides students and staff with a safe space to report
incidents. These are published on UUK’s website: <a href="http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/policy-and-analysis/reports/Pages/changing-the-culture-case-studies.aspx"
target="_blank">http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/policy-and-analysis/reports/Pages/changing-the-culture-case-studies.aspx</a>.
In addition, the Higher Education Funding Council for England has provided £1.8 million
for projects to improve responses to hate crime and online harassment on campus.</p><p>
</p><p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England is currently working with
UUK to test the sector’s response to the taskforce’s recommendations and the full
results will be published in spring 2018.</p>
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