A third of staff face bullying in higher education 

The survey of almost 4,000 staff across 20 colleges and universities in the country found such bullying or negative actions against a person affected their mental health and wellbeing. Picture: iStock

A third of workers in Irish higher education institutions (HEI) say they have been bullied in work over the past three years, with the perpetrator reported as a senior colleague in more than half of cases.

Minority groups, “such as LGBTQ+ respondents, ethnic minorities and respondents with a disability were more likely to endure negative acts at work, bullying and cyberbullying compared to majority groups” according to the study from the Dublin City University (DCU) Anti-Bullying Centre.