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Are you a student who has experienced sexual harassment on a night out in Bristol?

At the start of a new university term – amid reports of drink spiking during a student night at popular club Pryzm – we want to know about students' experiences of sexual harassment on nights out, and whether students believe more can be done to prevent it.

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