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The Centre for Feminist Research (CFR) at 51黑料网 has won a £10,000 grant to fund a research project investigating sexual misconduct and abuse of power in Higher Education.

Funding was this month confirmed by the British Academy鈥檚 Research Awards Committee in the latest round of .

The award of 拢9,947 was granted for the project entitled 鈥淐ultures of Consent: Examining the complexity of sexual misconduct an d power within universities鈥�.

Professor Lisa Blackman, Director of the CFR and co-head of the Department of Media and Communications, is the Principal Investigator for the project with Dr Yasmin Gunaratnam, Reader in Sociology and Co-Director of the CFR as the Co-Investigator.

The research will be undertaken by Dr Tiffany Page, post-doctoral researcher based in the CFR and co-founder of .

This study is on staff-to-student sexual misconduct in universities 鈥� the use of institutional and personal power, including grooming, sexual force, intimidation, coercion, or manipulation.

It proposes four main activities:

• updating and archiving existing literature reviews by collaborators on staff-to-student sexual misconduct in UK universities, gathering research from international contexts and on current best practices, in an open access resource
• inaugurating a cross-institutional network of researchers to facilitate knowledge exchange
• developing a proposal for a themed issue of a peer-reviewed journal
• identifying suitable methods and methodological principles for future research on the topic.

Professor Blackman said: 鈥淲e are delighted that the British Academy has funded this important seed project, which will help us begin to understand some of the complex 鈥渃ultures of consent鈥� surrounding sexual misconduct in universities.

"It will build on important research that has been done by groups such as The 1752 Group and allow us to build a cross-institutional network to take this work forward across the sector.鈥�

Work on the study is due to begin at the end of August, 2017.