Training offered by Notre Dame for Employees

Register for workshops and courses facilitated internally, and access self-paced learning modules to enhance your understanding of gender-based violence. Customised training content is available upon request. Please reach out to a Respect@Work Officer to discuss your specific training needs.

Session Name and Description

Session Details

Bystander Intervention

This training is delivered by University Respect Officers for student-facing staff. This presentation is designed to empower participants to challenge the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours which normalise gender-based violence, inequality, racism, discrimination and bullying. Students will feel more confident in their ability to recognise a problematic situation and feel empowered to create positive change by effectively challenging harmful behaviours.

Length: 1 hour

Delivery: On-campus

Respectful Supervisory Relationships for HDR Supervisors

This training is delivered by University Respect Officers for student-facing staff. This workshop introduces the University’s Principles for Respectful Supervisory Relationships, developed by Universities Australia in collaboration with sector partners, and explores expectations, responsibilities, and professional boundaries within supervisory contexts. It provides guidance on issues such as power, consent and sexual relationships, and aims to support the safety and wellbeing of both students and staff.

Length: 1 hour

Responding to Disclosures of Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Violence, including Sexual Assault and Harassment

This training is delivered by University Respect Officers for student-facing staff. This workshop equips University staff with the skills and resources to support individuals who disclose experiences of gender-based or sexual violence, including sexual assault, sexual harassment and family and domestic violence.

It also outlines staff responsibilities when responding to disclosures, in accordance with the
University’s Discrimination, Harassment and Bullying Policy and the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence - including Standard 6, which highlights the importance of capturing de-identified disclosure data to inform prevention, response and continuous improvement efforts.

Length: 1 hour

Creating Respectful Workplaces

This training is delivered by University Respect Officers for student-facing staff. This professional development workshop explores the dynamics of workplace culture and examines how the societal norms and beliefs impact behaviours within the workplace. Staff will be given the opportunity to consider their roles as personal leaders and explore how we can contribute to a workplace that is safe, respectful and inclusive.

This workshop aligns with organisation responsibilities to prevent and respond to workplace sexual harassment as recommended in the Respect@Work: National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces (2020).

Length: 1 hour

Appropriate Workplace Behaviours Training

This online course supports employees to understand appropriate workplace behaviours and their role in contributing to a safe, respectful and productive workplace. It focuses on recognising and addressing discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and how these behaviours can affect individuals, teams and workplace culture.

The course also provides an overview of relevant legislative obligations, including Respect@Work and positive duty requirements, and reinforces shared responsibilities for preventing harmful behaviour and supporting psychologically safe workplaces.

Employees will learn about:

  • Respect@Work legislation and legal obligations relating to sexual harassment
  • Positive duty requirements and understanding psychosocial hazards and trauma
  • Discrimination, bullying, harassment, victimisation and vilification
  • Manager and supervisor responsibilities, appropriate responses and management actions
  • The impacts of inappropriate behaviour on individuals and organisations
  • The role of bystanders in preventing and addressing harmful behaviour
  • Reasonable adjustments and inclusive workplace practices

Length: 1-2 hour

Gender-Based Violence Awareness Training (Foundations)

This online session provides a foundational understanding of gender-based violence, including key concepts, prevention approaches and appropriate responses to disclosures. It outlines the University’s obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence.

The session is structured around the Recognise, Respond, Refer, Reflect model to support consistent and trauma-informed practice.

Length: 1 hour

Gender-Based Violence Awareness Training (Extended)

This extended session builds on the foundational awareness training, allowing for deeper engagement with content and practical strategies to support the prevention of, and response to, gender-based violence.

Participants are guided through applied scenarios and reflective practice using the Recognise, Respond, Refer, Reflect model.

Length: 2 hour

Training offered by Notre Dame for Students

Register for workshops and courses facilitated internally, and access self-paced learning modules to enhance your understanding of gender-based violence. Customised training content is available upon request. Please reach out to a Respect Officer to discuss your specific training needs.

Session Name and Description

Session Details

How to be a Good Support Person

This presentation is designed to equip students with skills and resources to help them support someone who has made a disclosure of gender-based violence or sexual violence, including sexual assault, sexual harassment or family and domestic violence.

Length: 1 hour

Delivery: On-campus

Bystander Intervention

This presentation is designed to empower students to challenge the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours which normalise gender-based violence, inequality, racism, discrimination and bullying. Students will feel more confident in their ability to recognise a problematic situation and feel empowered to create positive change by effectively challenging harmful behaviours.

Length: 1 hour

Delivery: On-campus

Creating Respectful Workplaces

This professional development workshop explores the dynamics of workplace culture and examines how the societal norms and beliefs impact behaviours within the workplace. Students are encouraged to consider their roles as future professionals and personal leaders, and explore how they can contribute to workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive.

Learning outcomes of this workshop support the principles of Work Integrated Learning Placements (section 9.2.4.2) set out in the Procedure: Program and Course Delivery and Management.

Length: 1 hour

Delivery: On-campus

Respect on Placement

This workshop is designed to be delivered to students prior to commencing their practicum placements or work integrated learning. The workshop will equip students with strategies to safely navigate new dynamics, provide students with information about supports available to them and build their confidence in seeking help and support when required.

Length: 1 hour

Delivery: On-campus

Respect Matters

This program equips students with the essential knowledge and skills to help build a safer, more respectful campus.

Training covers:

  • Consent: What clear, informed, voluntary consent looks like and how to communicate boundaries.
  • Gender-based Violence: How to recognise harmful behaviours and where to seek help or support.
  • Bystander Intervention: Practical ways to step in safely when something feels wrong.
  • Respectful Campus Culture: How everyday actions contribute to a supportive, inclusive community.

The training aims to boost student confidence in navigating social situations, supporting peers, and promoting safety and respect across the university.

Length: Self-paced

Delivery: Online via Blackboard

Digital Harassment and Online Safety

This workshop helps students understand and respond to digital harassment and online safety challenges. You’ll explore how to protect yourself online, recognise and respond to harmful behaviours such as cyberbullying, image-based abuse and technology-facilitated abuse, and learn about your legal rights and reporting options. Practical tips and resources are included to help you stay safe, set boundaries, and support others in digital spaces.

Length: 30 minutes

Respectful Relationships and Communication

This workshop helps students build confidence in respectful communication, explore how boundaries are formed in both personal and professional contexts and learn how to safely and effectively respond as an active bystander when they witness disrespectful behaviour.

Length: 1 hour

Respectful Supervisory Relationships for HDR Students

This workshop introduces the University’s Principles for Respectful Supervisory
Relationships, developed by Universities Australia in collaboration with sector partners, and explores expectations, responsibilities, and professional boundaries within supervisory contexts. It provides guidance on issues such as power, consent and sexual relationships, and aims to support the safety and wellbeing of both students and staff.

Length: 1 hour