Violence and harassment platform for higher education institutions launched

Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin endured two years of repeated sexual harassment by a former colleague at UCD. File picture

A new violence and harassment reporting platform has been launched for the country's higher education institutions.

The ‘Speak Out’ initiative provides an online and anonymous reporting platform for incidents of bullying, cyberbullying, harassment, discrimination, hate crime, coercive behaviour and control, stalking, assault, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape.