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Further education colleges
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Further Education Colleges help young people to gain new skills
and build confidence and resilience. But a few learners can find
they are targeted for bullying. If permitted to continue, these
situations can send a message to the group that bullying is
acceptable. Although the majority of learners in colleges
interviewed for the development of this guidance said that they
felt safe at College, some reported seeing bullying. Name calling
was the most common form of bullying experienced, and a few
reported being called ‘gay’. A number of learners described racist
or homophobic comments and bullying based on religion or culture
happening to someone else. Bullying was reported as taking place
mainly on the journey to and from college.