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This ensures that safeguarding remains a high priority, and colleagues receive support to deal effectively with any safeguarding issues that may arise locally. 

Our Designated Safeguarding Officers come from a wide variety of different backgrounds, but all share a passion for ensuring that students can learn and achieve safely, free from abuse, harassment and harm. DSO's are a point of contact for colleagues who have concerns that vulnerable students may be at risk of harm.

All colleagues at the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× receive Safeguarding and Prevent Awareness training, with Designated Safeguarding Officers undertaking in-depth training to enable them to fulfill their roles.

If a student reports that they have been a victim of sexual assault, harassment, bullying, hate crime or another concerning incident, please direct them to report the incident through .

Designated Safeguarding Officers responsibilities:

• To provide localised safeguarding and Prevent advice and support to the University community.
• To support relevant colleagues to make a referral to social services and/or police.
• Closely monitor the welfare of colleagues/students under the age of 18, in conjunction with Student Support where necessary, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018.
• Liaise with Human Resources to ensure appropriate DBS checks are taking place.

Staff can find more information on the , where you will find the names and contact details for your DSO.