How to create consent culture on university campuses

To celebrate LSE's introduction of sexual consent workshops this year, we have invited expert panellists to discuss how best to create consent culture on university campuses. Our speakers have a range of experience working and campaigning about the importance of consent in university specific and wider contexts. Come along to this panel event to mark the official launch of LSESU's Consent Week 2017 which will then be followed by drinks and nibbles. 

SPEAKERS

Anna Bradshaw - Anna joined Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) which works to further and support equality and diversity for staff and students in higher education institutions. Previously, Anna has worked as Vice-President (Women) at Oxford Universities Students’ Union (OUSU) where she led on the implementation of sexual consent discussion workshops and training for students on bystander intervention and first response to sexual violence. 

Joy Whyte - Joy Whyte is Interim Head of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at LSE. Joy has lead responsibility for responding to Universities UK’s recommendations on ‘Changing the Culture: tackling violence against women, harassment and hate crime’, and is the School lead for an LSE/LSESU joint project in this area

Carrie Magee - Carrie Magee is the training manager at Solace Women’s Aid, an independent charity providing a range of holistic support services in London, enabling women and children to live free from domestic and sexual abuse.

Esohe Uwadiae - The Education Officer for LSESU. In this capacity, she has been involved in developing consent workshops and promoting the campaign on campus. Prior to this, she was Co-President of LSESU's Intersectional Feminist Society where she supported the women's officer in the original campaign to introduce consent workshops at LSE.

Hareem Ghani - Hareem is the returning U.K. Women’s Officer for the National Union of Students (NUS) as well as a third-year history student at King’s. She has previously worked on anti-harassment campaigns including It Stops Here. More recently, she has been leading campaigns on harassment that focus specifically on the intersections of race, religion and gender e.g. gendered Islamophobia.