Personal space is also covered in a challenge. Photo Unsplash/ Mika Baumeister How do you make your boundaries clear? What are microagressions and how can you protect yourself against them? And how can bystanders help others stay safe?
As part of the ‘Feel safe at WUR’ campaign, the Student Service Centre has developed a series of challenges about these and other aspects of personal safety. These SafeTEA challenges, as they are termed, can be viewed online as of last week. In addition, three live SafeTEA evenings are being organized in the Forum to work on these topics in person. The first was Tuesday evening and the next one will be on 27 September.
Earning points
To encourage people to take part, points can be earned by doing the online challenges and attending the SafeTEA evenings. They can be exchanged up to the end of the period for rewards such as vouchers for a cup of tea. Alternatively you can save them up to buy a WUR sweater, for example, after completing all the challenges.
To encourage people to take part, points can be earned
So far about 300 students have registered for the challenges, which were promoted during the AID week with the SafeTEA Escape Room. It is still not too late to get involved: anyone with a WUR email address can register for the challenges.
Finally, why the name SafeTEA? ‘Studying and living together has a lot of similarities with drinking tea,’ according to a leaflet. ‘It is warm and nice but you need to be careful: you should take differences in taste into account and make sure no one gets burned, including you yourself.’