The head of Universities Australia has apologised to student victims of sexual assault and harassment while releasing a damning report into the prevalence of the offences across the sector.
In a statement, Universities Australia's Chair John Dewar called the results of the National Student Safety Survey (NSSS), released today, "distressing, disappointing and confronting".
The independent survey was conducted by The Social Research Centre and investigated the scale and nature of student experiences of sexual harassment and sexual assault across 39 Australian universities.
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