EmilyTest Guidance
Here you will find pieces of EmilyTest developed guidance. Each piece offers practical advice and sector-specific recommendations to help institutions create safer, more responsive, and more compassionate environments for students and staff. We encourage you to circulate these materials widely across your networks to help raise awareness and support good practice across the sector.
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Empathetic & Supportive Auto-Replies: Practical Guidance for Higher and Further Education
Building on the Academic Registrar’s Council’s (ARC) Compassionate Communication in Higher Education Guidance, this guidance on empathetic auto-replies has been created to help institutions shape communications that reflect care and student-centred values.
GBV Guidance for Institutions Engaging with the Media
This guidance outlines best practices for institutions communicating about cases of GBV, emphasising the importance of trauma-informed approaches when engaging with the media or public, including through social media.
Public Timetable Guidance for Universities and Colleges
Supported by Action Against Stalking and developed collaboratively by EmilyTest and Anglia Ruskin University, this guidance provides a risk assessment for publicly sharing staff and student timetables. Focused on further and higher education, it highlights the potential risks and harms associated with making timetabling information available.
