Your Voice Matters
The 2026 National Student Safety Survey will be coming soon. If you choose to participate, your experiences and perspectives can help inform positive change and contribute to safer campuses for current and future students.
The survey will open for Griffith students on 1 September 2026.
Content warning: The content and linked documents on this web page contain discussion of sexual violence and harm. If you need support, a range of free and confidential options are available to you.
About the Survey
The 2026 National Student Safety Survey (NSSS) is being conducted across Australian universities by independent research organisation Roy Morgan on behalf of Universities Australia.
The NSSS aims to capture students’ perceptions and experiences of sexual violence and harm and provides updated data to help inform prevention efforts, strengthen support services and drive continued action across the sector.
Every student’s perspective matters. You do not need to have experienced sexual violence or harm to take part.
Students will be invited to participate from Tuesday 1 September and have until Tuesday 29 September to take part.
Participation is voluntary and confidential. If you choose to participate, your experiences and perspectives can help inform positive change and contribute to safer campuses for current and future students.
At Griffith, findings from the National Student Safety Survey are being used to inform work under our Safe Campuses program, specifically actions related to Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response initiative. Griffith student voices will also help to inform student safety and wellbeing services and our responses to student disclosures, reports and concerns
Sexual violence and harm remain a persistent reality across Australian society, including in universities. The NSSS is one part of the sector’s ongoing work to listen, learn and act to support safer campuses for all students.
2021 National Student Safety Survey
The last NSSS was conducted in 2021. You can view a summary of Griffith’s results as an infographic or in an accessible format.
You can access the 2021 NSSS national report on the Universities Australia website.
Progress since 2021
The University reflected on the results of the 2021 NSSS and engaged with our community of staff, students and partners to determine ways forward. A range of initiatives have been progressed under the themes of:
- Enhancing a sense of safety at Griffith
- Understanding the barriers to reporting and support-seeking
- Strengthening responses
- Fostering safe and respectful communities
The 2026 National Student Safety Survey will be coming soon. If you choose to participate, your experiences and perspectives can help inform positive change and contribute to safer campuses for current and future students.
Background: 2017-2021
The National Student Safety Survey was a follow on from the 2016 Australian Human Rights Commission survey and resulting Change the Course: National report on sexual assault and sexual harassment at Australian universities. Nine recommendations were provided in Change the Course for Universities and their colleges. The recommendations focused on five areas of action. Griffith made significant progress towards all recommendations, as summarised below:
Leadership and governance
- Safe Campuses Advisory Group (2017–2021).
- People and Culture Committee (2021).
- Safe Campuses strategic projects.
- Annual Reporting to University Council (published to Safe Campuses)
University responses
- Review of Counselling Services (2017).
- Review of university response pathways (2018).
- Dedicated, specialist Counsellors, Violence Response and Prevention.
- Report a concern online reporting and workflow.
- SASH Responder Network.
- Recognise. Respond. Refer. face to face workshops and online modules.
Monitoring and evaluation
- Regular review of reporting data.
- Regular review of counselling data to inform support and prevention programs.
- Provision of deidentified data in annual report to University Council.
- Continued process review and improvement.
Changing attitudes and behaviours
- Safe Campuses Working Group for Changing Attitudes and Behaviours.
- It's On All Of Us annual campaign and activities.
- MATE Bystander program and online modules.
- Safe Campuses site, training and resources.
- Student leaders and wellness advocates complete Recognise. Respond. Refer. workshops.
- SRC, GUPSA and Student Club leaders complete MATE Bystander program online modules as a mandatory requirement of their roles.
Residential colleges
- Internal review of University-owned colleges 2017.
- External review of on-campus accommodation 2018.
- Drug and alcohol awareness training.
- Zero tolerance for hazing in accommodation guidelines*.
- Mandatory consent training for residents*.
- Recognise. Respond. Refer. training for accommodation staff and Residential Advisers*.
*At University-owned accommodation