Active Bystander Intervention Course
Quick links
- Register your interest for Term 1.
- Information for course participants.
- More about We Act at Warwick.
About the course
Together, we explore:
- Our role in building a community and what our community values look like in practice.
- Spotting the signs of unacceptable behaviours like bullying and domestic violence.
- How we identify and interpret behaviour as unacceptable, and why people may fail to.
- Shifting problematic beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours through safe and effective interventions as an active bystander.
- The barriers to becoming an active bystander, and how we can overcome them.
- Effective intervention strategies for a wide range of scenarios, including sexual violence, harassment, and hate.
Reach
- Over 12000 course hours completed.
- Over 1000 Society and Club Execs have completed the course.
- Over 200 non-exec students have completed the course.
Benefits to taking part
- Positive way to contribute to efforts to build a community that embodies our values, tackling issues such as sexual violence, misconduct, and abuse.
- Develop confidence in assessing and safely addressing situations relevant to student life.
- Develop leadership, communication, and listening skills.
- HEAR accredited for UG students.
- Digital certificate of completion (and digital badge coming soon).
- Two core skills points associated with it for the Warwick Award.