University staff training might have saved me from rape

A sexual violence survivor in the United Kingdom says if university staff had been specially trained, she might not have been raped, write Rowenna Hoskin and Megan Davies for BBC News.

Campaigners and experts believe universities are not keeping an adequate record of the widespread level of sexual violence. They said this data was vital to provide adequate support and services. A three-month BBC investigation has revealed that fewer than half of UK universities could provide up-to-date sexual misconduct data.

One of the people who is not included in the figures is Ffion, whose name we have changed to protect her identity. When the 25-year-old began studying at Swansea in 2017 she said she felt isolated and began dating another student who physically and emotionally abused her, and then raped her. Ffion said accommodation security witnessed behaviour from her boyfriend which should have led them to act, such as “trashing” her room regularly and “threatening suicide” when she tried to break up with him.
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