Cultural Renewal at the University of Sydney Residential Colleges Contents © Elizabeth Broderick and Co 2017 Message from Elizabeth Broderick 3 This work is protected by copyright. Apart from any use permitted under Chapter 1: Introduction 5 the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), no part may be used or reproduced by any 1.1 Project purpose 5 process. 1.2 Project approach 6 Chapter 2: Leadership 9 Design and layout: 2.1 Leadership – staff 9 Dancingirl Designs 2.2 Leadership – students 10 2.2.1 House Committee, House Executive, Senior Common Room 10 2.2.2 Deans, Sub-Deans, Resident Advisers, Resident Assistants and Corridor Representatives 12 2.2.3 Student hierarchy 14 2.2.4 Best practice student leadership 15 Chapter 3: Belonging 17 3.1 Fitting in 18 3.1.1 ‘Hooking up’ and having sex in order to ‘fit in’ 19 3.1.2 Diversity and fitting in 20 3.1.3 Alcohol and fitting in 21 3.2 Support and assistance 22 3.3 Relationship with the broader University of Sydney community 24 Chapter 4: Social interactions 25 4.1 Extracurricular activities 25 4.2 O Week 26 4.3 The place of alcohol in social interactions 28 4.3.1 Alcohol in College settings 30 4.3.2 College policy response 33 4.3.3 A common College response to alcohol and alcohol-related harm 34 Chapter 5: Safety 37 5.1 Psychological safety 38 5.2 Bullying, intimidation and ‘hazing’ 39 5.2.1 Best practice responses to hazing and orientation 42 5.3 Sexual misconduct 47 5.3.1 Prevalence of sexual harassment and sexual assault 49 5.3.2 Colleges’ policy responses to sexual misconduct 51 5.3.3 Best practice combatting sexual misconduct 53 5.4 Disclosure and reporting 57 Conclusion 61 Recommendations 63 Appendix A: Survey methodology and interpreting results 71 GPO Box 396, Sydney NSW 2001 Appendix B: Survey questionnaire 73
[email protected] www.elizabethbroderick.com.au Message from Elizabeth Broderick The residential Colleges at the University of Sydney are among the oldest in the country.