Sexual assault at universities extends far beyond the US
by editors@theworld.org (Orla Barry) from The World: Latest Stories on (#790K8)
Allegations of a horrific sexual assault at Cornell University in New York State have reignited questions about how colleges protect students and hold perpetrators to account. But the problem extends far beyond US campuses. In England, a survey of more than 50,000 final-year students last year found that 14% had been sexually assaulted since starting university. The World's Europe Correspondent Orla Barry reports.