Sexual harassment on campus: Are universities doing enough?

Students say there is a lack of information about who to turn to and that their trauma is not always taken seriously

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He asked her to go with him to a quiet part of their university hostel and she did not know how to say no.

The senior, who was in a hostel sub-committee, later pushed her against a wall and told her he would not let her go until she kissed him, the 22-year-old female Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student told The Sunday Times.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on September 30, 2018, with the headline Sexual harassment on campus: Are universities doing enough?. Subscribe