Call for ProtectED Peer Reviewers
Safeguarding the student experience
ProtectED is a not-for-profit membership organisation and national accreditation scheme that aims to drive up standards in student safety, security and wellbeing in the university sector.
ProtectED adopts a student-centered approach, with the ProtectED Code of Practice addressing issues across the whole student experience, both on and off-campus.
The Code of Practice comprises five parts — the Core and four issue-focused instruments, as follows:
Core Institutional Safety and Security
Instrument 1: Student Wellbeing and Mental Health
Instrument 2: International Students
Instrument 3: Student Harassment and Sexual Assault
Instrument 4: The Student Night Out
ProtectED Accreditation
Examining policies, procedures and practices, ProtectED Accreditation assesses the extent to which an applicant university provides the services and structures that enable students to avoid problems and focus on their success.
ProtectED Member universities undertake a process of self-assessment and when ready, may apply for ProtectED Accreditation.
ProtectED confers the ProtectED Accredited Institution Award on member universities that are able to demonstrate — through independent assessment — that they meet all requirements in the ProtectED Code of Practice.
Universities successfully achieving accreditation may display the ProtectED Accredited Institution mark. The mark offers a clear way for prospective students and their families to identify universities prioritising student safety, security and wellbeing.
Independent Peer Review
ProtectED is now seeking to recruit Peer Reviewers to assess the first round of applications for the ProtectED Accredited Institution Award by ProtectED member universities.
Every application for ProtectED Accreditation is reviewed by a Peer Review Panel of five individuals, each with expertise in one of the five areas that form the Code of Practice:
Institutional Safety and Security
Student Wellbeing and Mental Health
International Students
Student Harassment and Sexual Assault
The Student Night Out
Findings of the