NOT a single report of sexual violence was brought directly to Bournemouth University by students or staff over the past three years, according to the institution's own data.

Responding to a series of questions relating to sexual violence accusations and any resulting investigations, the university said it had no record of any reports in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

The educational establishment said the records would not include reports made to private accommodation providers and police.

'University of Bournemouth' was among 119 universities named online by website Everyone's Invited after they featured in testimonies by sexual violence survivors.

Everyone’s Invited says its mission is to expose and eradicate rape culture with empathy, compassion, and understanding.

The platform aims to be a safe place for survivors to share their stories completely anonymously.

To date more than 51,000 testimonies have been submitted on the website.

A Freedom of Information request was submitted to Bournemouth University covering areas such as non-disclosure agreements, accusations, reports, actions taken and number of people suspended - all in relation to sexual violence over the past three years.

The reply to these questions was "none for all questions over all years".

A Bournemouth University spokesperson said: "We can only report on the cases that we have been made aware of, and the statistics may not consider those who have been reported elsewhere, such as with private accommodation providers or the police, as they would not fall under our FOI data.

"We have very clear report and support mechanisms to ensure we are offering as much support as possible to any student wishing to talk about issues of sexual violence.

"We work very closely with the police, STARS and the Shores to support any student who is subject to sexual violence regardless of where the activity may have happened.

"We would encourage any member of the BU community wishing to talk about such issues to get in touch."