Dr Anna Bull
@annabull.bsky.social
Senior lecturer at University of York, researching sexual misconduct in HE and CCIs and inequalities in music education. Founder and co-director of The 1752 Group. Cats. www.1752group.com
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Dr Anna Bull
@annabull.bsky.social
· Feb 11
🆕 and #OpenAccess 🔓: @annabull.bsky.social (@uoyeducation.bsky.social) explores why Higher Education Institutions take different approaches in the enactment of policies tackling gender-based violence and harassment through a comparative case study.
DOI: doi.org/10.17169/ogj...
DOI: doi.org/10.17169/ogj...
Despite the headlines suggesting that all universities are the same when it comes to implementing policies and addressing complaints of gender-based violence, in my research I found major differences between them.
Here I try and figure out why this might be and what the implications are.
Here I try and figure out why this might be and what the implications are.
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New episode: @annabull.bsky.social joins The Sexual Violence Research podcast to explore rates of #GBV in higher ed settings.
"One of the reasons for this being seemingly so prevalent..is the lack of professional boundaries between staff & students."
Listen bit.ly/4p0WhC8
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"One of the reasons for this being seemingly so prevalent..is the lack of professional boundaries between staff & students."
Listen bit.ly/4p0WhC8
@thesvri.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
New episode: @annabull.bsky.social joins The Sexual Violence Research podcast to explore rates of #GBV in higher ed settings.
"One of the reasons for this being seemingly so prevalent..is the lack of professional boundaries between staff & students."
Listen bit.ly/4p0WhC8
@thesvri.bsky.social
"One of the reasons for this being seemingly so prevalent..is the lack of professional boundaries between staff & students."
Listen bit.ly/4p0WhC8
@thesvri.bsky.social
Here's my take on new data on sexual violence and harassment released today from England's Office for Students.
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What OfS’ data on harassment and sexual misconduct doesn’t tell us
Anna Bull explores the latest OfS findings on the prevalence of harassment and sexual misconduct — and why they're only one piece of a puzzle on student safety.
wonkhe.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Here's my take on new data on sexual violence and harassment released today from England's Office for Students.
wonkhe.com/blogs/what-o...
wonkhe.com/blogs/what-o...
After the Noel Clarke judgement last month it's a good time to sign this anti SLAPP petition if you're UK based: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop the rich and powerful ruining the lives of those who speak up
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are abusive legal threats and lawsuits filed to silence critical speech. They are used by oligarchs, public officials, sexual abusers, wa...
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September 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
After the Noel Clarke judgement last month it's a good time to sign this anti SLAPP petition if you're UK based: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Several English universities have introduced partial bans on staff-student relationships ahead of new regulations coming into force today, while Liverpool and Southampton have said that they will ‘discourage’, rather than prohibit, staff-student relationships
Me for @timeshighered.bsky.social
Me for @timeshighered.bsky.social
Universities resist relationship bans as new rules come in
Institutions including Liverpool and Southampton to continue to ‘discourage’, rather than prohibit, staff-student relationships despite new regulations, as others opt for partial bans
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Several English universities have introduced partial bans on staff-student relationships ahead of new regulations coming into force today, while Liverpool and Southampton have said that they will ‘discourage’, rather than prohibit, staff-student relationships
Me for @timeshighered.bsky.social
Me for @timeshighered.bsky.social
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Really good piece by @annabull.bsky.social on how universities should respond to the EHRC's proposed segregation programme. The evidence points to trans people's heightened vulnerability to sexual harassment and violence - so single-sex policies must account for this.
Safety must shape policy on single-sex spaces
Anna Bull examines how evidence of trans and non-binary people's heightened vulnerability to sexual violence is absent from new EHRC guidance on single-sex spaces Anna Bull examines how evidence of tr...
wonkhe.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Really good piece by @annabull.bsky.social on how universities should respond to the EHRC's proposed segregation programme. The evidence points to trans people's heightened vulnerability to sexual harassment and violence - so single-sex policies must account for this.
I wrote something that is especially relevant for UK HE people just now.
This week on Wonkhe: Anna Bull examines how evidence of trans and non-binary people's heightened vulnerability to sexual violence is absent from new EHRC guidance on single-sex spaces wonkhe.com/blogs/safety...
Safety must shape policy on single-sex spaces
Anna Bull examines how evidence of trans and non-binary people's heightened vulnerability to sexual violence is absent from new EHRC guidance on single-sex spaces Anna Bull examines how evidence of trans...
wonkhe.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I wrote something that is especially relevant for UK HE people just now.
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We seek a committed & dynamic feminist to join the existing team as a new book review editor @genderandjustice.bsky.social
Details:
✳️Deadline 1 August 2025 17:00 CEST
✳️Informal enquiries: admin@lexnetwork.org
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@lexnetwork.bsky.social
Details:
✳️Deadline 1 August 2025 17:00 CEST
✳️Informal enquiries: admin@lexnetwork.org
✳️Info: www.lexnetwork.org/gender-and-j...
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Gender and Justice – Call for Book Editor – LEX Research Network
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July 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We seek a committed & dynamic feminist to join the existing team as a new book review editor @genderandjustice.bsky.social
Details:
✳️Deadline 1 August 2025 17:00 CEST
✳️Informal enquiries: admin@lexnetwork.org
✳️Info: www.lexnetwork.org/gender-and-j...
@lexnetwork.bsky.social
Details:
✳️Deadline 1 August 2025 17:00 CEST
✳️Informal enquiries: admin@lexnetwork.org
✳️Info: www.lexnetwork.org/gender-and-j...
@lexnetwork.bsky.social
The recording of the launch event will be available very soon!
I may be revisiting the recording of today’s launch - which was packed full of insights… @ukcge.bsky.social @annabull.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social
We've just published a free toolkit in collaboration with Dr Anna Bull, Dr Kelly Prince and @the1752group.bsky.social. It covers how reports of harassment and sexual misconduct by postgraduate researchers should be addressed by universities. bit.ly/3ZYPi1q
June 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The recording of the launch event will be available very soon!
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Very proud to announce the publication of Gender-Based Violence in Arts and Culture, I co-edited with Marie Buscatto and Sari Karttunen 🤓 With I. Roharik, S. Helbert, Chiharu Chujo, @leena-maija.bsky.social , @annabull.bsky.social , Bleuwenn Lechaux, Alice Laurent-Camena, and @paulita.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Very proud to announce the publication of Gender-Based Violence in Arts and Culture, I co-edited with Marie Buscatto and Sari Karttunen 🤓 With I. Roharik, S. Helbert, Chiharu Chujo, @leena-maija.bsky.social , @annabull.bsky.social , Bleuwenn Lechaux, Alice Laurent-Camena, and @paulita.bsky.social
I'm delighted to have a chapter in this new book, about experiences of film and TV industry workers who were experiencing sexual harassment/violence in the workplace, at the same time as creating content about gender-based violence or sexuality.
Check out the other fantastic chapters also!
Check out the other fantastic chapters also!
Published by @openbookpublish.bsky.social. More info about it here: doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
Gender-Based Violence in Arts and Culture: Perspectives on Education and Work
This book offers a groundbreaking exploration of the pervasive issue of gender-based violence (GBV) within the realms of art and cultural production. This collection of essays delves into both the ove...
doi.org
June 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm delighted to have a chapter in this new book, about experiences of film and TV industry workers who were experiencing sexual harassment/violence in the workplace, at the same time as creating content about gender-based violence or sexuality.
Check out the other fantastic chapters also!
Check out the other fantastic chapters also!
Read my comment piece in Nature about the toolkit for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by PGRs:
lnkd.in/emi6EeJn
lnkd.in/emi6EeJn
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June 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Read my comment piece in Nature about the toolkit for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by PGRs:
lnkd.in/emi6EeJn
lnkd.in/emi6EeJn
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new article alert:
Gender inequalities in UK music higher education: the role of institutional stratification
By @annabull.bsky.social Huge congrats!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @coralinglingxu.bsky.social
Gender inequalities in UK music higher education: the role of institutional stratification
By @annabull.bsky.social Huge congrats!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @coralinglingxu.bsky.social
Gender inequalities in UK music higher education: the role of institutional stratification
In creative higher education (HE) undergraduate courses in the UK, women students are over-represented by a proportion of two-to-one. However, music HE shows almost the reverse gender balance, with...
www.tandfonline.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
new article alert:
Gender inequalities in UK music higher education: the role of institutional stratification
By @annabull.bsky.social Huge congrats!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @coralinglingxu.bsky.social
Gender inequalities in UK music higher education: the role of institutional stratification
By @annabull.bsky.social Huge congrats!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @coralinglingxu.bsky.social
The picture for gender equality in the UK music industry is GRIM.
If you look at the pipeline of gender equality in music higher education, we are moving away from gender equality rather than closer to it.
I've written about this in a new academic article.
If you look at the pipeline of gender equality in music higher education, we are moving away from gender equality rather than closer to it.
I've written about this in a new academic article.
May 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The picture for gender equality in the UK music industry is GRIM.
If you look at the pipeline of gender equality in music higher education, we are moving away from gender equality rather than closer to it.
I've written about this in a new academic article.
If you look at the pipeline of gender equality in music higher education, we are moving away from gender equality rather than closer to it.
I've written about this in a new academic article.
Reposted by Dr Anna Bull
Reminder that this is on the agenda at UCU Congress this coming weekend
Cc: @lottelydia.bsky.social @annabull.bsky.social @alixdietzel.bsky.social @vickyblake.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social
Cc: @lottelydia.bsky.social @annabull.bsky.social @alixdietzel.bsky.social @vickyblake.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social
For colleagues attending @ucu.org.uk Congress this week, a 🧵
Motion HE38 - thanks @leedsucu.bsky.social for bringing it. The motion is based on work with @the1752group.bsky.social around abuses of power in staff-student intimate relationships
Motion HE38 - thanks @leedsucu.bsky.social for bringing it. The motion is based on work with @the1752group.bsky.social around abuses of power in staff-student intimate relationships
May 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Reminder that this is on the agenda at UCU Congress this coming weekend
Cc: @lottelydia.bsky.social @annabull.bsky.social @alixdietzel.bsky.social @vickyblake.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social
Cc: @lottelydia.bsky.social @annabull.bsky.social @alixdietzel.bsky.social @vickyblake.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social
The perseverance and courage of UCU activists in taking forward this motion to address staff-student intimate relationships is so important.
Read this thread to see why.
Read this thread to see why.
For colleagues attending @ucu.org.uk Congress this week, a 🧵
Motion HE38 - thanks @leedsucu.bsky.social for bringing it. The motion is based on work with @the1752group.bsky.social around abuses of power in staff-student intimate relationships
Motion HE38 - thanks @leedsucu.bsky.social for bringing it. The motion is based on work with @the1752group.bsky.social around abuses of power in staff-student intimate relationships
May 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The perseverance and courage of UCU activists in taking forward this motion to address staff-student intimate relationships is so important.
Read this thread to see why.
Read this thread to see why.
YES! This is the problem with policies requiring only disclosure of staff-student relationships.
My abuser (staff member in the dept where I studied, no current, but 'potential' responsibility) refused to disclose. There was no way to make them. Even if they had, would there have been regular check ins about whether the relationship had become abusive? How would this be managed?
May 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
YES! This is the problem with policies requiring only disclosure of staff-student relationships.
Do you want to learn about the toolkit for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by postgraduate researchers that I've been working on with Kelly Prince on behalf of @the1752group.bsky.social ?
Sign up for our launch event 19 June UK time 1pm-2.30pm
ukcge.ac.uk/events/addre...
Sign up for our launch event 19 June UK time 1pm-2.30pm
ukcge.ac.uk/events/addre...
Addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by…
This webinar will feature the launch of the toolkit "Addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by postgraduate researchers" authored by Anna…
ukcge.ac.uk
May 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Do you want to learn about the toolkit for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by postgraduate researchers that I've been working on with Kelly Prince on behalf of @the1752group.bsky.social ?
Sign up for our launch event 19 June UK time 1pm-2.30pm
ukcge.ac.uk/events/addre...
Sign up for our launch event 19 June UK time 1pm-2.30pm
ukcge.ac.uk/events/addre...
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Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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We believe the Supreme Court has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act.
Over 8,000 people have supported our case - will you join us?
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Over 8,000 people have supported our case - will you join us?
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May 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
We believe the Supreme Court has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act.
Over 8,000 people have supported our case - will you join us?
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
Over 8,000 people have supported our case - will you join us?
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
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LATEST: Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside of the EHRC’s Glasgow offices to call for EHRC guidance that would exclude transgender people from toilets and other services to be scrapped
May 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
LATEST: Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside of the EHRC’s Glasgow offices to call for EHRC guidance that would exclude transgender people from toilets and other services to be scrapped
Please read our @the1752group.bsky.social statement in solidarity with the UK trans and non-binary community:
lnkd.in/gr-UH3VP
HEIs must ensure any steps they take following the Supreme Court judgement take into account trans people's heightened risk of sexual harassment and violence
Please share.
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HEIs must ensure any steps they take following the Supreme Court judgement take into account trans people's heightened risk of sexual harassment and violence
Please share.
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May 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Please read our @the1752group.bsky.social statement in solidarity with the UK trans and non-binary community:
lnkd.in/gr-UH3VP
HEIs must ensure any steps they take following the Supreme Court judgement take into account trans people's heightened risk of sexual harassment and violence
Please share.
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HEIs must ensure any steps they take following the Supreme Court judgement take into account trans people's heightened risk of sexual harassment and violence
Please share.
Researchers working on GBV in higher education: See call for papers for this symposium in Germany Sept 17-19. Funding available for all attendees.
Unheard, Unseen, and Unspoken: Setting a Research Agenda for Sexual Harassment and Violence in Higher education
www.mvbz.fu-berlin.de/en/ausschrei...
Unheard, Unseen, and Unspoken: Setting a Research Agenda for Sexual Harassment and Violence in Higher education
www.mvbz.fu-berlin.de/en/ausschrei...
Call for Participation | Theme Week
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April 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Researchers working on GBV in higher education: See call for papers for this symposium in Germany Sept 17-19. Funding available for all attendees.
Unheard, Unseen, and Unspoken: Setting a Research Agenda for Sexual Harassment and Violence in Higher education
www.mvbz.fu-berlin.de/en/ausschrei...
Unheard, Unseen, and Unspoken: Setting a Research Agenda for Sexual Harassment and Violence in Higher education
www.mvbz.fu-berlin.de/en/ausschrei...
It was brilliant to have @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social speak at @uoyeducation.bsky.social to the Centre for Education and Social Justice yesterday about his work on Generative AI for Academics, bringing a critical sociological take. Great discussion and great pub afterwards, just like in the old days.
April 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It was brilliant to have @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social speak at @uoyeducation.bsky.social to the Centre for Education and Social Justice yesterday about his work on Generative AI for Academics, bringing a critical sociological take. Great discussion and great pub afterwards, just like in the old days.
Reposted by Dr Anna Bull
See Anna Bull's blog post for the Good Law Project. Sexual misconduct strikes at the heart of university life.
goodlawproject.org/sexual-misco...
goodlawproject.org/sexual-misco...
Sexual misconduct strikes at the heart of university life | Good Law Project
Too many professors are pursuing their students and causing untold harm, says Anna Bull.
goodlawproject.org
March 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
See Anna Bull's blog post for the Good Law Project. Sexual misconduct strikes at the heart of university life.
goodlawproject.org/sexual-misco...
goodlawproject.org/sexual-misco...