A new guide will help universities and colleges support students experiencing domestic violence following the death of Emily Drouet

Charities are working to reduce domestic violence at universities.

A group of organisations have published a new practical guidance for educational institutions to tackle gender-based violence on campus.

The Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis Centre, the Scottish Women's Rights Centre and Scottish Women's Aid have helped develop the new advice, which has been produced by the University of Strathclyde and funded by the Scottish Government.

The toolkit, which will be adapted for colleges, takes forward the principles set out in the #emilytest campaign set up by Fiona Drouet, in memory of her daughter Emily.

Emily, a first year law student at Aberdeen University, was in an abusive relationship with another student and went on to take her own life.

Drouet said: “This is Emily’s legacy and I hope both staff and students will feel empowered by this resource. Institutions now have the help they need to pass the #emilytest and I believe that had this been in place while our daughter was at university it could have saved her life."

An additional £396,000 of Scottish Government funding will support the roll-out and implementation of the toolkit.