Sexual Health Awareness and Guidance Week at The Guild
Sexual Health Awareness and Guidance (SHAG) Week is all about sharing knowledge so you can make informed choices about your sexual health, relationships and wellbeing. Whether you’re curious, want to build your knowledge, or just want to know what support is available, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved this week.
Sexual health events
The Guild is hosting a range of free, student-focused events throughout SHAG Week, including sexual health education. You can find the full programme of SHAG Week events here and a taster below.
Big Uni Sex Ed Class
10 February 2026
14:00–15:30
Amos Room, Guild of Students
Sexual Health Myth Buster Workshop
10 February 2026
12:00–13:00
Amos Room, Guild of Students
NHS Sexual Health Pop-up Clinic
12 February 2026
12:30–16:00
Guild Advice, Guild of Students
Learning about consent
Everyone wants to feel safe, respected and supported while at uni, and a big part of that is understanding consent and knowing how to look out for each other. That’s why all students are expected to complete a consent course on Canvas:
- Undergraduates: Consent Matters on the Student Support & Development Hub
- Postgraduate Taught: Lead the Change on the Student Support & Development Hub
- Postgraduate Researchers: Lead the Change on the Postgraduate Research Support & Development Hub
The short courses are designed to help you understand consent, boundaries and respectful behaviour, and how to look out for others. Find out more about your consent course here or you can log into Canvas to get started.
The Guild are also running in-person sessions during SHAG Week
See it. Say it. Stop it & Support
12 February 2026
14:00–15:00
Amos Room, Guild of Students
This talk explores how to recognise harassment, safe bystander intervention, healthy coping strategies, how to support those affected.
We <3 Consent Workshop
13 February 2026
13:30–15:00
Amos Room, Guild of Students
This workshop empowers you to become an active bystander and confidently address negative sexual behaviours.
Support at UoB
Report + Support
If you've been subjected to any form of harmful behaviour – including sexual harassment, sexual violence, or other misconduct – Report + Support offers a trained Responder to talk to confidentially and explore your options. You can also let us know what happened anonymously.
Pivotal Recovery: support for problematic porn use
To help support students who are struggling with problematic porn use (PPU), we have partnered with Pivotal Recovery to give you confidential and free access to a professionally guided online course, created by leading sex and relationship psychotherapist and author Dr Paula Hall.
Better Than Well: recovery support group
Better Than Well is a community of students at the University of Birmingham who are in recovery or seeking recovery from addiction, whether that's substance abuse like alcohol and drugs, or behavioural addiction like sex, food or gambling.
Time to Talk?
Sexual health and consent conversations can sometimes bring up difficult feelings. If you need someone to talk to, there many ways you can reach out for confidential support at UoB.