Australian Human Rights Commission
Respect at Uni Interim Report
December 2024
(c)
(d)
(e)
3.2
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
3.3
3.4
(a)
(b)
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.10
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Racism at the University of Melbourne Report .............................................. 32
Australian National Imams Council Survey .................................................... 32
Initial consultations ........................................................................................... 33
Diversity of experiences of racism ........................................................ 33
First Nations experience.................................................................................... 34
Jewish students and staff .................................................................................. 37
Muslim, Arab and Palestinian staff and students ......................................... 39
Staff and students from African backgrounds ............................................... 40
Staff and students from Asian backgrounds.................................................. 40
International students ....................................................................................... 40
Intersectionality .................................................................................................. 41
Low racial literacy ................................................................................. 42
Impact of racism on students and staff ................................................ 43
Student experiences........................................................................................... 43
Staff experiences ................................................................................................ 44
Lack of safety and support on campus.................................................. 46
Dissatisfaction with complaints mechanisms ....................................... 48
Disjuncture between policy and practice .............................................. 49
Curriculum reform ................................................................................. 49
Balancing academic freedom and freedom of expression with safety
and non-discrimination ......................................................................... 50
Challenges of finding a common language and definitions .................. 52
Methodology and approach to data collection ..................................... 54
4.1
Establishing best practice methodology ............................................... 54
(a)
Study Principles .................................................................................................. 54
(b)
Privacy and Confidentiality ............................................................................... 56
(c)
Ethics approval ................................................................................................... 57
4.2
Literature review ................................................................................... 58
4.3
University policy and diversity data audit ............................................ 58
4.4
Quantitative data collection (National Online Survey) ......................... 59
(a)
Overview and progress update ........................................................................ 59
(b)
Survey design ...................................................................................................... 60
(c)
Survey content .................................................................................................... 60
(d)
Survey instrument development and hosting ................................................ 62
(e)
Participant wellbeing considerations .............................................................. 63
(f)
Participant engagement and recruitment ...................................................... 63
(g)
Eligibility and sampling ..................................................................................... 63
(h)
Recruitment methodology ................................................................................ 64
(i)
Participant incentives ........................................................................................ 64
(j)
Branding and messaging .................................................................................. 65
(k)
Study promotion ................................................................................................ 65
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