CAMPAIGNERS are to launch a week-long training session in a bid to tackle sexual violence on city campuses.

The Let's Talk campaign, set up by students at Glasgow will provide training to around 25 volunteers which raises awareness of rape and sexual assaults, and what to do if you witness or experience it.

Founded in 2015, the campaign has held numerous events promoting their cause, and continue to encourage their university to take practical steps to fight abuse.

The training sessions have been developed with students from Glasgow and Caledonian universities, and Glasgow Rape Crisis.

Once all 25 volunteers are trained they will be able to advise freshers helpers, and people from across the student population, on how best to tackle sexual violence.

The sessions will cover why consent is important, how to intervene when a situation looks dangerous and how to help when someone tells you they have been a survivor of sexual abuse.

Ellen MacAskill, an activist from Let’s Talk, says:

"The training programme is a welcome development for supporters of Let’s Talk.

"The university has realised that it’s in their best interests to recognise sexual violence is a problem, and to protect the wellbeing of their students.

"Even if education alone cannot end rape culture, discussing the subject chips away at the taboo surrounding it, making it easier for survivors to get help.

"As a survivor of sexual assault at Glasgow University, I hope students attending prevention training in the years to come will be given tools for coping that were not on offer to me.”