Tertiary staff
The resources in this toolkit are designed to be used by staff.
All staff and students have a right to safe interactions and experiences online. Staff need to be particularly aware of online safety risks and responsibilities especially when they have a high level of interaction with students.
Resources
These resources are focused on giving staff the core tools needed to identify, prevent and respond to online abuse of their students. They also provide advice on how staff can protect themselves online.
The resources are specific to this audience, providing guidance for interacting safely on digital platforms and supporting students affected by online abuse.
Downloads
The big issues
Help managing key online safety issues.
More resources
Recommend students explore videos dealing with dating and relationships, navigating difficult situations, online safety and connecting with respect.
'Technology-facilitated coercive control' or 'tech-based coercive control' involves the use of digital technologies as part of coercive control. Tech-based coercive control is not just a single act, but a pattern of behaviour used against a person.
Our video 'It isn't love... it's control' illustrates an example of this not widely understood and serious form of online abuse.
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[A series of text messages appear on a phone screen, which cracks more and more as the conversation plays out] |
I miss you who you with? who's there now your ex? |
Just the usual crew |
what's happening tell me wish you didn't leave |
call you later? |
can't believe you left |
im so sorry I had to leave |
you always do this thought you loved me |
[Phone screen moves right and words appear to the left] It isn't love. It's control. |
It isn't love... it's control
Posters and digital signage
Last updated: 07/07/2025
