Preventing Sexual Harassment: A Practical Overview at The University of Edinburgh

Preventing Sexual Harassment: A Practical Overview at The University of Edinburgh is an ‘expected learning’.

This course helps you recognise sexual harassment and explores how victims and bystanders can respond appropriately to sexual harassment. The course concludes by describing the internal and external complaint processes available to victims who have experienced sexual harassment and their rights under the law.

By taking this course you will be able to:

  • Know what sexual harassment is
  • Recognise inappropriate and illegal conduct in the workplace
  • Have appropriate responses to sexual harassment as a victim and bystander
  • Outline the University’s complaints process
  • Be aware of you and your employer's responsibilities for preventing sexual harassment

Note to users:

Training can be carried out at your own pace. If you don't want to complete the course in one session, click 'Bookmark' before exiting People and Money (P&M) and it will automatically take you back to where you left off when you next log in. 

If you experience any problems with this e-learning training module please contact the HR Helpline.

Log in to the course:

Preventing Sexual Harassment (online course in People and Money)

Completing the course:

You should view the course completion certificate, and the following page in the course to ensure this activity is also marked as complete. More information on checking if you have completed the course can be found in the pdf here:

 Completing EDI Learning in People and Money - Top Tips (241.14 KB PDF)

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