Student Information

Girton College's procedure for dealing with comments, suggestions and complaints from students. Approved by Council on 7 October 2022. 

This applies from 7 October 2022 to 18 September 2025. Please see 'Revised Complaints Procedure' for all relevant issues arising from 19 September 2025.

• View Complaints Procedure (PDF)

Complaints Procedure

Girton College's procedure for dealing with comments, suggestions and complaints from students. Approved by Council. Issued by the Secretary to Council 15 July 2005.

This applies from 15 July 2005 to 6 October 2022. Please see 'Revised Complaints Procedure' for all relevant issues arising from 1 September 2022.

Document contains the following information:

1. Overview
2. Informal procedure
3. Formal complaints procedure
4. Matters falling outside the complaints procedure:
   • Academic appeals
   • Harassment
   • College Policy

• View Complaints Procedure (PDF)

The College Discrimination Harassment Contact is the Senior Tutor: senior.tutor@girton.cam.ac.uk

This applies from 1 September 2022 to 18 September 2025. Please see 'Revised Discipline Policy' for all relevant issues arising from 19 September 2025.

• Student Discipline Procedure (PDF)

Student Discipline Procedure

The College Discrimination Harassment Contact is the Senior Tutor: senior.tutor@girton.cam.ac.uk

This applies from 1 October 2019 to 31 August 2022. Please see 'Revised Discipline Policy' for all relevant issues arising from 1 September 2022.

• Rules of Behaviour (PDF)
• Student Discipline Procedure (PDF)

Student Harassment and Sexual Assault

This applies from 1 October 2019 to 31 August 2022. Please see 'Revised Discipline Policy' for all relevant issues arising from 1 September 2022.

Living in a community involves treating other individuals with respect, in a courteous and civilised way, whatever their sex or status. The College finds unacceptable any form of behaviour that amounts to harassment.

College accepts the University guidelines that the defining features of harassment are “that the behaviour is offensive to the recipient, is unwanted by the recipient and would be regarded as harassment by any reasonable person”. 

The full College policy on harassment or sexual misconduct can be found below. The procedure outlined therein has been agreed by the Senior Tutors’ Committee. The College endorses the University's ‘Breaking the Silence campaign’, link provided below.

Any individual who considers that another’s behaviour (whosoever that person may be) falls into the category of harassment, including sexual or racial harassment, may consult their own or any of the Tutors, the College Nurses, or the JCR Welfare or Women’s Officer.

The College discrimination and harassment contact is the Senior Tutor, senior.tutor@girton.cam.ac.uk.

• College policy on harassment or sexual misconduct (PDF)
• The Code of Conduct (PDF)
• Informal advice for students - Harassment (PDF)
• Sources of help and support (PDF)
• Breaking the Silence campaign