What if a student is hostile?
In the very rare event that a student is, in your opinion, hostile and behaves dangerously in a classroom: • Try to remain calm • Dismiss the class • Move yourself to somewhere safe • Call Security on their emergency number (9925 3333) • Initiate the Student Discipline procedure Regulation 6.1.1 Student Discipline (PDF 182 Kb). If this possibility concerns you, the RMIT Counseling website has a link to a brief paper from UCLA Berkeley on how to speak to a violent or aggressive student. If you would like to read it, go to the Student Services Group website and follow the links to Counseling Services. It’s important to emphasise that this kind of behaviour is very rare.
