What do i do if something happens?

All parties who feel that they have been subjected to harassment, sexual harassment, or some other type of discrimination can both during the early phase (to raise awareness of what occurred) and during any subsequent investigation inform and seek support from multiple entities. Hence, there are alternative paths one can take to talk to someone in a leadership position or to an instructor with responsibility for handling such an incident.

Student

• HR-specialists
• Student Health
• Coordinator for Students with Disabilities
• Student Ombudsman
• You can also talk to your programme/course coordinator

Anyone who receives information is responsible for informing the appropriate person in a leadership position or the head of their section/division. Be sure that you have the person’s approval before you get other people involved.

External support function

• Student Union and Student Ombudsman
  Anyone who receives information is responsible for informing the appropriate person in a leadership position or the head of their division. Be sure that you have the person’s approval before you get other people involved.

Anyone who feels that they have been subjected to harassment, sexual harassment and retaliation, or some other form of discrimination or victimisation can file a complaint. Another person who has observed someone’s mistreatment can also report this. A report of suspected discrimination, harassment and sexual harassment, as well as victimisation is to be seen as a public document that has been received by the university. The case will therefore be recorded by the Registrar’s Office.

• The report, oral or in writing, can be passed on to the following entities (in random order):
  - lawyer/investigator
  - HR-head
  - HR specialist
  - Someone you trust (such as a superior or instructor with responsibility for handling such an incident).

The people mentioned above are in turn responsible for passing the report on to the registrar’s office after having noted down the complaint and had this approved by the person who made it.

The report can also be sent directly to the Registrar’s Office at University West, either via email to registrator@hv.se or by post: Högskolan Väst, Gustava Melins gata 2, 461 86 Trollhättan

• The report must contain an accounting of what has occurred, when, where, who has been involved and in what way. In addition, there should be information about witnesses. Use the form below to make a report.
• The party receiving the report informs the appropriate person in a leadership position and the head of the section/division, who is responsible for the investigation that will take place and measures that are taken.
• The report must be registered in the daybook and documented in writing.