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What is a hate crime or incident?

Hate crimes are those which are targeted at people because of hostility or prejudice towards their disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or gender identity. Such offences can include verbal abuse, physical assault, domestic abuse, harassment and damage to property. 

We do not tolerate any form of hate crime at É«»¨Ìà – please readÌýour Ìýand take a look at ourÌýHate Crime Reporting Flow ChartÌýforÌýmore information. The university takes aÌýzero-toleranceÌýapproach to any form of abuse and willÌýtake actionÌýagainst any student or staff member who is deemed to have breached the Student Disciplinary ProceduresÌý(under Conduct and welfare) orÌý.

How to report an incident

All students, staff and visitors to our campus can report an incident in any of the following ways:

  • You can reportÌýan incidentÌýanonymously via our online form - your report will be sent confidentially to dedicated staff within É«»¨ÌÃ:
  • ​If you find yourself inÌýan emergency situationÌýon campus, please callÌý01202 962222Ìýfrom a mobile orÌý222Ìýfrom an internal landline. For off campus emergencies callÌý999
  • If you're deaf, hard of hearing or speech impairedÌýyou can use the emergency SMS/Text:Ìý80999Ìýor non-emergency SMS/Text:Ìý67101Ìýfor off campus incidents.ÌýPlease note:Ìýyou'll need toÌýÌýfirst to use this service
  • Report to Dorset Police via the Ìýor by calling 101 from any phone, including a mobile.Ìý

Support on campus

You can contact any ofÌýour teams below for further support:

External support

If you want to go elsewhere for support you can always contact the below organisations:Ìý

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You can also find further support services on ourÌýwellbeing resources page.