This month's Drop In Discussion:
Understanding the new section of the OIA Good Practice Framework: Investigations, Risk & Disciplinary Process
Session Overview:
Jenny will walk us through the new section of the framework, covering:
A broad overview of its structure and scope
Key differences from previous complaints and disciplinary GPF guidance
Areas of particular note, including terminology, trauma-informed approaches, timeframes, appeal rights, and sharing outcomes with reporting parties
A practical checklist of tasks to action now the Framework is published
45 minutes of insight followed by Q&A.
Who should attend:
Come along if you're involved in complaints, disciplinary processes, investigations, safeguarding, or supporting students and staff through these processes, particularly if your role touches on handling reports of harassment or sexual misconduct.
About Jenny:
Jenny Gradwell (AMAHEP), Founder of Campus Resolve
Jenny's career in Higher Education began in 2002. She has spent the last decade specialising in student casework, with the last six years conducting serious and sensitive investigations (sexual misconduct, harassment and hate) on behalf of UK universities. In that time she has conducted more than 50 serious and complex investigations.
As well as founding and running Campus Resolve, she is a lead investigator for some of the most complex student misconduct cases at a Russell Group university. This background gives Jenny something unique in the field of Investigations Training: not just investigations expertise, but a genuine understanding of how universities work, their governance structures, their regulatory obligations and the pressures that staff are under.
Jenny is a real advocate for procedural justice and for inclusive, trauma-informed, and robust investigative and disciplinary practice. Jenny was recently on the steering group for the new OIA Good Practice Framework.