Attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings

Women and Equalities Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 9 Jun 2022 Closed: 28 May 2024 Parliament page
An inquiry to scrutinise how attitudes in educational settings, from early years to university, affect women and girls throughout their lives, drawing on an existing body of evidence including academic papers, reports and submissions to other Select Committee inquiries, including our predecessor Committee. This inquiry is part of the committee’s … Read more
8 Recommendations
6 Conclusions
1 Report
5 Oral sessions
1 Letter
5 Events
Activity timeline 13 events
17 Nov
2023
Report published
5 Jul
2023
Report published
22 Mar
2023
Correspondence
12 Oct
2022
Oral evidence
12 Oct
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
21 Sep
2022
Oral evidence
21 Sep
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Hybrid meeting
7 Sep
2022
Oral evidence
7 Sep
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
20 Jul
2022
Oral evidence
20 Jul
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 8, Palace of Westminster
28 Jun
2022
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 5 sessions
12 Oct 2022
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Attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings
Andrea Jenkyns MP · Department for Education Andrew Cook · Ofsted Emma Davies · Department for Education Kate Dixon · Department for Education Kelly Tolhurst MP · Department for Education Susan Lapworth · Office for Students Yvette Stanley · Ofsted
21 Sep 2022
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7 Sep 2022
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Women and Equalities Committee
Ammaarah Faisal · Our Streets Now Dr Melanie McCarry · University of Strathclyde Dr Rachel Fenton · University of Exeter Law School John Edmonds Professor Cara Aitchison Richie Benson · Beyond Equality
20 Jul 2022
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Attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings
Ammaarah Faisal · Our Streets Now Dr Anni Donaldson · University of Strathclyde Dr Rachel Fenton · University of Exeter Law School John Edmonds Professor Steve West · Universities UK Richie Benson · Beyond Equality
28 Jun 2022
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oral evidence session; Women and Equalities Committee
Dr Yuwei XU · University of Nottingham, UK Jenny Barksfield · PSHE Association Keziah Featherstone · Q3 Academy Tipton Professor Nicky Stanley · University of Central Lancashire Soma Sara · Everyone's Invited Susie McDonald · Tender Arts & Education
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifth Report - Attitudes towards women and girls in educational … HC 331 5 Jul 2023 14 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
3 results
Clear
4 Recommendation Deferred
Fifth Report - Attitudes towards w…
Undertake evaluation of KCSiE guidance implementation, impact, and barriers within six months.
The Government should undertake an evaluation of how well schools are following the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance and the impact that guidance is having in practice. The evaluation should include 33 scrutiny of any barriers preventing schools from … Read more
Government Response
The government responds by detailing its annual update and consultation process for the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, stating the next consultation will launch later this year, rather than committing to an evaluation of school adherence and impact.
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13 Recommendation Deferred
Fifth Report - Attitudes towards w…
Strengthen Office for Students' mandatory university requirements for tackling sexual harassment and violence.
The higher education sector has made progress in tackling sexual harassment and sexual violence, but that progress has been inconsistent and slow. The Office for Students (OfS) has committed to a new condition of registration which will place mandatory obligations … Read more
Government Response
The government notes that the OfS's public consultation results on mandatory obligations for universities to tackle sexual harassment will be published soon, with new measures in force in 2024.
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14 Conclusion Deferred
Fifth Report - Attitudes towards w…
Require all universities to implement compulsory bystander intervention programmes for first-year students.
The Office for Students’ condition of registration should require all universities to put in place compulsory evidence-based bystander intervention programmes for all first-year students. The Office for Students should strengthen its statement of expectations to ensure that universities provide that … Read more
Government Response
The Department for Education expects universities to comply with existing law and notes many already provide bystander training. The Office for Students' public consultation results will be published soon, with new measures to be in force in 2024, but it does not directly commit to making bystander training compulsory.
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Government Response AI assessment · 14 of 8 classified
Accepted 6
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 3
Total 8 recs + 6 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
22 Mar 2023 To committee Letter from the Office for Students relating to the attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings inquiry
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