been no such allegations from students, relating to university staff, in the past three years and less than 10 incidents in the two years prior to this."

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"Similarly with regards (to) allegations of staff from staff there have been less than 10 allegations in the last five years. Clearly our range of initiatives and policies around this issue is helping to drive this message home," the Spokesperson said.

A University of Edinburgh spokesperson said: "We recognise that, on occasion, there will be legitimate complaints that individuals wish to raise and we actively encourage the reporting of concerns and maintain an effective complaints procedure for that purpose."

"We have a zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual harassment and have robust procedures in place for students and staff to report instances of sexual harassment," a spokesperson of the University of Essex said.

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