Consent Ed

Complete your online module (course link coming soon). This should be completed before you arrive on campus.

The course takes around 45 minutes to complete.

The first part of the course will cover information on support available at LSE, our policies and procedures, where to report incidents and some key information on being an active bystander.

You will then move onto learning about sexual violence and consent. You will be given notice before moving onto this section.

There will be a short quiz at the end, which you must score 80% in to pass and be marked as 'Complete'.

Attend your in-person workshop once you have arrived on campus. Your session will form part of your Departmental induction and should either appear in your Student Hub timetable, or your Department will be in contact about how to book.

If you are a PhD student, sessions are also mandatory and will be available via the PhD academy. To book a session click here.

Level 2 workshops lasts 90 minutes and your attendance will be recorded at the end of the session. The Level 2 Workshop is interactive, and discussion based. This workshop will provide a collaborative space for reflection on your learning from Consent.Ed level 1. You will then discuss scenarios which focus upon the following key themes: Alcohol and Consent, Spiking and Active Bystander, Healthy Relationships and Staff/Student Relationships and Power Dynamics.

 

Survivor-Only Level 2 Workshops

This option is open to anyone who has experienced any form of sexual violence at any time in their lives. All genders and sexualities are welcome.

This workshop will be facilitated by our Independent Sexual Violence Adviser and our Harassment and Sexual Misconduct Policy Adviser. Our specialist staff have extensive experience of providing trauma-informed support to survivors and the session is designed to create a safe and supportive environment to learn and discuss topics of consent together with other survivors.

The group will be no larger than 15 and you will not be asked to discuss your own experience(s). Your participation in the Survivor-Only Level 2 Workshop will be confidential from the wider school as your completion status will appear the same as fellow students.

 

To register for a Survivor-Only Level 2 workshop, please click here.

Level 3 Consent.Ed is for LSE Student Union clubs and societies committee members. Committee members will need to complete all three Levels of Consent.Ed.

Level 3 Consent.Ed, is an ‘Active Bystander’ course facilitated by LSE Student Union staff.

If due to personal experience you feel unable to partake in any element of the Consent.Ed programme (e.g. Level 1 or Level 2) then you will need to fill out our opt-out form.

We will be monitoring completion of Consent.Ed since this is a mandatory programme for all new students. Therefore, if you do not complete the opt-out process, you will be flagged as incomplete and chased for completion.

On the opt-out form, you will be able to indicate whether you are opting out of Consent.Ed Level 1 only, Consent.Ed Level 2 only or both.

The ‘Consent.Ed Team’ monitor the opt-out forms. This consists of LSE’s Harassment and Sexual Misconduct Policy Adviser and LSESU’s Events and Projects Coordinator.

To view and complete the form click here

LSE’s Independent Sexual Violence Support Service provides free, confidential, and independent support to students at LSE who have experienced any form of sexual violence, at any point in their lives.  This includes support for experience(s) you have had prior to joining LSE.

The service can provide short-term emotional support (up to 4 sessions) for any student, regardless of whether you have or intend to make a report of what happened to the LSE and/or the police.

If you have, or intend to, report an incident to LSE and/or the police, then the service will provide longer term practical support whilst you engage in this process.

The service is available to all genders and sexualities. 

Contact details and referral information can be found here: Independent Sexual Violence Support Service

To explore all the other support available to students please see here: Support for students

We understand that you may have concerns about the sensitive nature of Consent.Ed.We recognise the sensitivity of the topic and have chosen the content we cover carefully. We have worked hard to make sure the course is as informative, and inclusive, as possible.

Last year, 89% of students said they learned something new on the Level 1 online module and 94% of students said it was worthwhile attending their Level 2 workshop.

We encourage anyone concerned about the content or attending Consent.Ed to email us at su.consent@lse.ac.uk

Likewise if you have any other questions at all, please feel free to reach out to us.