The Vice President for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and the Head of School of Psychology, Dr. Pádraig MacNeela have co-chaired the Consent Framework Implementation Working Group since 2019. In April 2022, the name of the working group changed to the Sexual Violence and Harassment Prevention and Response Committee to reflect sectoral norms and the wider remit regarding sexual violence and harassment within this group.

The SVH Prevention and Response Committee includes broad representation from within the university, comprising of staff and student representatives and our external partner the Galway Rape Crisis Centre. This wide representation is essential in terms of the ability to affect change and implement actions within different functions and units across the university. 

The Committee meets five times per academic year - see below for meetings that have taken place to date:

AY 2019-2020

23/09/2019

20/04/2020

08/06/2020

AY 2020-2021

19/10/2020

07/12/2020

08/02/2021

12/04/2021

14/06/2021

AY 2021-2022

18/10/2021

06/12/2021

07/02/2022

04/04/2022

20/06/2022

AY 2022-2023

17/10/2022

12/12/2022

(20/02/2023)

(24/04/2023)

(19/06/2023)