The new condition from the Office for Students takes effect on 1st August 2025
While compliance is essential, this moment is about something bigger. It’s about showing students, staff, and your wider community that your institution is serious about creating a culture where harassment and sexual misconduct are not tolerated – and where those affected are supported, believed, and protected.
At Me Learning, we’re here to help universities and colleges lead that change with confidence and this is why we’ve launched our comprehensive blended training package Preventing Sexual Harassment – For Universities.
The Office for Students new condition: What this means for your institution
With these new conditions that have been laid out by the Office for Students, institutions must ensure compliance to avoid significant repercussions.
Failure to meet these requirements could result in:
- Financial penalties imposed by the OfS
- Suspension or deregistration, restricting the institution from offering higher education courses
- Reputational damage, impacting student recruitment and institutional credibility
- Legal liabilities and an increase in student complaints
Benefits of our prevention training package
At the end of the training, you can expect students to:
- Fully understand the meaning of consent.
- Recognise behaviours that are not acceptable.
- Clearly identify what constitutes sexual misconduct and harassment.
- Know where and how to report incidents.
- Understand how to access support services.
At the end of the training, you can expect staff to:
- Fully understand the principles of consent and professional boundaries.
- Recognise and appropriately respond to unacceptable behaviours.
- Identify and act on cases of sexual misconduct and harassment.
- Understand institutional reporting mechanisms and support pathways.
Preventing Sexual Harassment – For Universities
Here’s what’s included in our training package :
An awareness video:
Short, engaging content that starts conversations and makes key concepts stick so students and staff are inspired to speak up and take meaningful action.
A course for leaders: Addresses leadership’s role in preventing harassment, how to identify it, and the serious risks it poses to the institution.
A course for all staff:
Builds awareness, supports early intervention, and promotes a respectful culture.
Micro-learning modules (for staff):
Bite-sized, mobile-first sessions to sustain learning, released throughout the year to refresh knowledge, and reinforce good practice.
A course for students:
In-depth training that can be used during special induction sessions for new students at the start of the academic year
Micro-learning modules (for students):
This bite-sized, mobile-first high-impact modules released throughout the year to embed key messages and retain key knowledge.
Leadership Development Workshop (in-person):
Equips senior leaders at your institution with the practical skills to champion and embed a culture that prevents sexual harassment in your institution.
Branding and bespoke scenarios:
to reflect your campus culture enhance your package at an additional cost.
Spaced retrieval learning
This solution can be deployed on either our Learning Management System (LMS) or yours. It offers the flexibility to schedule updates at either specific intervals or custom intervals tailored to your needs.
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Our blended training package vs. traditional learning
Unlike traditional stand-alone courses, where retention drops to below 20% within months, our blended learning package strategically reinforces learning over 12 months, maintaining retention rates above 80%. This means sustained knowledge, effective risk mitigation, and long-term behavioural change.
With 1 Skill Reel, our microlearning modules which we call Skills Sparks and Skill Boosts, and a comprehensive course for both students and staff which are key features of our SkillStream methodology, we’ve designed a solution that guarantees culture change. Me Learning has created an unparalleled learning experience which opens the door to proactive learning and questioning long after the training is complete.
This methodology is already being trusted across sectors – including in health, sports, and corporate environments – and now fully adapted for higher education.
What the OfS requires and what you need to demonstrate
To meet the new condition, universities must go beyond policies and demonstrate a whole-institution approach that is clear, consistent, and effective in both prevention and response.
Here’s what your institution must do under the new condition and what your students and staff need to see and feel in practice:
Proactive steps that genuinely reduce risk and shift culture
Clear routes to report incidents—for students, staff, and others
Sensitive handling of information, with fairness for everyone involved
Training that ensures students actually understand their rights and responsibilities
Support for everyone affected, including those who disclose or are accused
Trained staff who are equipped to respond, investigate, and make decisions
Credible, fair investigations guided by principles of justice
Clear communication of decisions to all affected parties
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Contact us today! We’re here to assist you with any questions you may have.
August 1st is closer than you think.
But this isn’t just about meeting a deadline. It’s about showing your students that you’re truly committed to building a safer, more respectful campus.
This is a call for universities to be proactive, consistent and transparent. Without real, sustained training, policies fall flat, and students stay at risk.
Get in touch today so we can help your institution get fully prepared, equipped to meet the requirements captured under the new condition from the Office for Students.
Our blended training package for universities and colleges is exactly what you need.