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Please see below a copy of an I-Note that went out to vice-chancellors from CUCO on Thursday 17 December 1998. Advance notice of harassment workshops Harassment : A series of workshops/roadshows Introduction 1. Harassment, including Bullying, is increasingly becoming recognised as an important employment issue. It can cause serious personal and professional damage to individuals and impact on their contribution in the workplace. Institutions that fail to address issues of harassment are at significant risk of litigation, with record awards by Employment Tribunals currently standing at about £380,000. 2. A significant proportion of harassment is due to lack of awareness rather than to negative intention- and educative sharing of good practice and an encouragement of acceptable behaviour will usually be more effective than punitive measures in addressing this issue in our sector. 3. Recognising this, a Commission on University Career Opportunity (CUCO) working party has drawn up "Guidelines on harassment for universities and colleges in higher education", which will be issued early in 1999. In order to support implementation of these guidelines, CUCO will run a series of two-day training events nation-wide, comprising:- Day One - Harassment - The Strategy Training for managers and other strategists:- Participants on this day will:- * Develop an understanding of harassment * Work on formulating a strategy to combat harassment in their own institutions * Clarify their personal role in harassment situations * Refresh relevant interpersonal skills * Practise dealing with harassment through case studies. Day Two - Harassment - The Implementation Training for equal opportunities professionals:- Participants on this day will:- * Develop an understanding of harassment * Work on identifying mechanisms to implement institutional strategies to combat harassment (for example, setting up a panel of Harassment Advisors and raising the awareness of their community) * Clarify their personal role in harassment situations * Use group work on case studies to embed knowledge and share good practice. The events will run as follows:- 23 and 24 March 1999 - London 15 and 16 April 1999 - Edinburgh 29 and 30 April 1999 - York 13 and 14 May 1999 - Birmingham 26 and 27 May 1999 - Bristol 29 and 30 June 1999 - Southampton 4. The trainer for both days will be Marie Hull, who has worked for some years as a Personnel professional at the University of Plymouth, is a past chair of the HE EO Network, and has many years' strategic and operational experience of equal opportunities issues. Cost and booking information 5. The charge will be £60 per person per day, to include lunch, refreshments and handouts. 6. The maximum number of participants on each day is 21 and places will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. If you wish to attend one of these events, please complete and return the attached form by 31 January 1999 at the latest, together with your cheque for the full attendance fee, made payable to CVCP. Application Form I/98/171(a) Harassment Workhops /Roadshows CUCO Woburn House 20 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9HQ Name: ........................................................................ .. Institution: ........................................................................ ... Address: ........................................................................ ... ........................................................................ ... ........................................................................ ... Position: ........................................................................ ... Telephone: ........................................................................ ... E-mail: ........................................................................ ... Special dietary require ........................................................................ ... 1ST preference for workshop ........................................................................ ... 2 nd preference for workshop ........................................................................ ... The cost of the Conference (including lunch and the Guidelines on harassment) is £60. Please return this completed form to the address below by 31 January 1999, together with a cheque for your fee made payable to CVCP. Please use a separate form per applicant (photocopy page). Or respond by email and forward a cheque at a later date. Fiona Waye Harassment Workshops/ Roadshows CUCO Woburn House 20 Tavistock Square London, WC1H 9HQ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%