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Bullying and Harassment (including when online)

What Is Bullying and Harassment?

“Behaviour that makes someone feel intimidated or offended. Harassment is unlawful under the Equality Act 2010.”

GOV.UK

Examples of bullying or harassing behaviour include: 

  • spreading malicious rumours 
  • unfair treatment 
  • picking on or regularly undermining someone 
  • denying someone’s training or promotion opportunities 

Bullying and harassment can happen: 

  • face-to-face 
  • by letter 
  • by email 
  • by phone 

Bullying itself is not against the law, but harassment is. This is when the unwanted behaviour is related to one of the following: 

  • age 
  • sex 
  • disability 
  • gender reassignment 
  • marriage and civil partnership 
  • pregnancy and maternity 
  • race 
  • religion or belief 
  • sexual orientation 

What Support is Available?

You can find support at the university for yourself or someone you are worried about via Report It.

You can find support from the police by calling 101 (non-emergencies), or 999 (emergencies), or by visiting your local police station.

If you are on a university campus and in an emergency situation, after calling 999 you may wish to contact the University Security team (emergencies: 0161 295 3333) for additional support and to help the emergency services reach you quickly. 

If you require additional support information beyond the information provided, we recommend that you contact the team directly via report-it@salford.ac.uk.

Staff members are encouraged to find additional information about staff reporting via Report It on the Staff Hub.

University of Salford – Student Reporting

Make an Informal Report requesting contact from an advisor or Report anonymously

University of Salford – Staff Reporting

Report on the Staff Hub

General Public Reporting

Make an Informal Report or Report anonymously