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Seek assistance by alerting people in authority such as security staff or porters to a situation that you have witnessed.

• Ask others to get involved to help take charge of the situation (e.g. a friend, colleague, porter, supervisor).

• Familiarise yourself with the full range of resources available to you in an emergency and during university hours.

For example:
• Ask a friend of the person being inappropriate to tell them to stop.
• Ask the porter or another colleague for support.
• Get one of your friends to help you create a distraction.

Intervention does not have to be done in the moment and sometimes the most effective and least confrontational interventions can be done in a calm manner after the event.
Contacting a person after the event can be a very effective way of challenging their language or behaviour without creating further discomfort for everyone involved, text them or call them afterwards.
Contact the targeted person after the event to check in and see how they are doing and to let them that they are supported.