Social Safety

Professional behavioural standards are crucial for this. We consider (sexual) intimidation, aggression and violence, racism, and bullying as incompatible with these standards and therefore unacceptable. HKU has a Code of Conduct and Regulations for Preventing and Acting Against Undesirable Behaviour.

The Code of Conduct is part of the HKU policy with regard to social safety. HKU takes any report of transgressive behaviour very seriously. Students and staff can turn to any of the four confidential counsellors. They are the main person of contact for anyone who has (had) to deal with undesirable behaviour.

Students can also turn to the student deans, who can further refer to the right person if necessary. We are also working with increased efforts towards a more diverse and inclusive academy with an Action Plan Diversity and Inclusion.

Available help

An environment where students and staff can be themselves and find room for personal development while studying and working is important to us. Sometimes this means that additional help is required. For this reason, we have created an overview of the available help at HKU, which can be found on the portals.
HKU University of the Arts, together with the entire sector of arts education, actively promotes social safety and ascribes to the statement in which the sector collectively advocates a safer working and learning environment.