'Devastating' report shows universities 'failing' students

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated April 1 2017 - 9:53am, first published February 28 2017 - 9:30am
End Rape on Campus founder Sharna Bremner.   Photo: David Mariuz
End Rape on Campus founder Sharna Bremner. Photo: David Mariuz
Former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick was called in to clean up the culture of the University of Sydney's residential colleges. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick was called in to clean up the culture of the University of Sydney's residential colleges. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Universities have been accused of "actively covering up sexual assaults" in a submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission, which alleges there have been just six expulsions in the past five years despite more than 500 official complaints.

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