Do you have a question about bullying?

Anti-bullying week is just around the corner! Here at TSR we have invited the anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label to join in a Q&A where you can ask all your questions around bullying!

With even more ways to bully with the internet and phones being used everyday, it's important to tackle bullying head on!

I think it would help at this point if you defined exactly what "bullying" is

Your example of a lecturer "bullying," what would that consist of?

I have 14 questions.



How do you tell who is the bully and who is the victim? Perhaps they are both victims? Perhaps they are both bullies?

What is the different between bullying and mutual animosity? How do you tell the difference?
What is the difference between bullying and friendly teasing? How do you tell the difference?

If a bully doesn't think he is a bully, can he still be a bully? If a victim doesn't think he is a victim, can he still be a bully? What if the bully thinks he is a victim, and the victim thinks he is a bully, which is which?

Do you think trying to solve bullying is like trying to solve illness? Don't we need to be a bit more specific, perhaps? Isn't the word "bully" itself so unspecific as to be meaningless and arguable counterproductive? Should we not make more effort to characterise and define the true nature of the problem before attempting to throw a one-size-fits-all solution at it and risk exacerbating the situation?

This is a great! You have lots of interesting questions so I will send them all over for the Q&A

Being forced to eat something that you don't want to eat.

Is that bullying? If so then I had a valid reason to move halls. It's frustrating when you know someone is just plain horrible (like my ex-flatmate) but you're not sure if any of their actions actually constitutes bullying. You know that that person is plain horrible, but you don't have much to back up why. The worst bullies are the clever ones...

That person essentially ruined my 1st year...

I have a question, how far do you think the levels of bullying have dropped since, say 20 years ago, due to things such as anti bullying weeks being introduced?


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Nice question! It would interesting to see if these actions have made a difference, though with the introduction of cyber bullying I wonder if that would be counted as separate otherwise I reckon the figures would have gone up?

What are schools meant to do about bullying? In my experience, they do nothing; but I am sure they're meant to have some sort of policy on it.

Would you find the perspective of a teacher useful if we could arrange this?

That would be great if you can.

Hey, I have posted a list below of the various shapes and forms bullying can take, I hope this is helpful! As to the lecturer example, this can be feeling put down or embarrassed by them, feeling picked on in front of fellow students, being marked lower on essays due to discrimination etc!

Bullying can come in many forms including:


Bullying doesn't only happen to young students, it can happen in secondary school and college, at university, in the workplace and even at home.