Australian Human Rights Commission
Respect at Uni Interim Report
December 2024
To aid the development of the survey content and ensure these aims are
addressed, the following set of key survey domains and topics has been
identified.
Survey Domains
Demographic details
Student and staff
perceptions of
belonging
Student and staff
perceptions of the
university environment
Experiences of
interpersonal racism
Bystanders
Impact of interpersonal
racism
Institutional racism
Topics
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Structural racism
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Suggestions for
improvement
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belonging
respect
equitable opportunities
safety - physical/psychological
racial diversity in course work/curriculum
cultural load
cultural safety
type (provide descriptions to aid
identification)
frequency (capture multiple experiences)
location (refer to the most serious incident)
who?
reported?
satisfaction with response
barriers to reporting
witnessed racism?
intervened?
barriers to intervening
impact on wellbeing
impact on academic/ professional
performance/development
absenteeism - i.e. skipping classes
avoiding campus
university policies/practices
curriculum/courses- First Nations/different
cultural perspectives in courses
racial literacy- openness to having discussions
support services
complaints handling
confidence that the university will take action
on the results
perceptions of racial diversity of leadership
perceptions of impact on academic
achievement/career progression
free text question
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