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Tertiary institutions resources hub

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eSafety’s tertiary resources are designed to help create safer online environments for all those studying and working in these organisations.

The resources aim to help tertiary communities be safer online by:

building greater awareness of online safety risks
providing guidance on how to prevent, prepare for and respond to online safety incidents
supporting student and staff wellbeing.

Tertiary Toolkit

The Tertiary Toolkit contains 12 resources offering targeted advice to three key audiences:

Tertiary institutions
Staff
Students

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Tertiary institutions

Resources for tertiary staff, including those responsible for the design and administration of policies and procedures.

Resources for staff to help provide for safer online interactions and experiences.

Resources for students, designed to help create a safer online environment.

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The big issues

Help managing key online safety issues impacting your campus.

Social media age restrictions hub

Find out the facts about the social media age restrictions that will help keep Australians under 16 safer.

Adult cyber abuse

How to identify and report adult cyber abuse as well as manage its impacts.

How to identify and report online bullying of people under 18 years old, and where to find support.

Image-based abuse

How to identify and report image-based abuse and deal with its impacts.

Dealing with sexual extortion

What is sexual extortion and what are the best steps for dealing with it.

Coercive control

What is coercive control and how is technology used as part of it.

Consent is the informed and freely given agreement to engage in an activity. Find out more about consent.

The pros and cons and staying safe when online dating.

eSafety 101 for tertiary staff and students

Help staff and students learn key online safety basics, what eSafety does and how to report online harm.

The video includes:

an overview of online safety and the role eSafety plays in keeping Australians safer online
information on eSafety’s reporting schemes and the steps required to report online harms and have content removed
a summary of key eSafety resources with a focus on those most relevant to the tertiary sector.

The video can be used by linking directly to this page or is available on demand for tertiary organisations.

Video – eSafety 101 for tertiary staff and students

Please contact educationsectors@esafety.gov.au for access to the eSafety 101 video codes to embed on your tertiary institution’s learning management system for internal staff and student use.

Posters and digital signage

All new digital signage and posters covering: sexual extortion (online blackmail), image-based abuse, doxing and tech-based coercive control. Download and display them on screens and electronic message boards on your campus.

Find out more

If you are a tertiary staff member and are interested in learning more about our tertiary-specific resources

Last updated: 28/01/2026

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