College Policies and Procedures
St Andrew’s College seeks to support its members through their transition to adulthood with a breadth of intellectual, spiritual, cultural and social experiences. Rather than creating policy grounded in punitive measures, these policies aim to empower College Members by focusing on wellbeing and encouraging members to think critically, make informed choices and to hold themselves and others accountable for their actions. The implementation of these policies seeks to assist College members to always engage in respectful relationships, to actively seek informed consent and ethically negotiate all relationships and interactions.
College policies aim to:
- Make college members aware of the support available to them
- Encourage college members to seek help for any situation where they feel uncomfortable
- Guide college members in creating a community where informed consent and respect of others choices are valued
- To clearly set out the behavioural expectations and legal obligations of college members
- To inform college members of the procedures that the College will follow in responding to a report
- To ensure that College is a safe respectful community
- To ensure that any adverse experiences are approached ethically, are dealt with sensitively, fairly, confidentially and within Australian Law
College Student Members are young adults who are legally accountable for their actions. As a result of this, the College’s policy and procedures relating emphasise personal responsibility and conformity with the law. College members include all students, residential staff and non-residential staff. Alumni, contractors and visitors to College are also considered to be bound by College policies when on site.
St Andrew’s College recognises that discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, assault, indecent assault and sexual assault are abuses of power that contravene the St Andrew’s College Code of Conduct. The College takes all reports of inappropriate conduct seriously and has well established processes for responding to these reports with impartiality and sensitivity.