Any institutional policy will only be a paper tiger unless the intended recipients of the policy know and understand it. Student anti-bullying policies at universities in Australia have been researched to determine the quality and usability of the content, but research is lacking in how students understand and use these policies. Bullying amongst students has been identified globally as an issue at universities; however, little has been done to determine students’ knowledge and experience of bullying and the related policies and services universities provide. The aim of this paper is to fill that gap in knowledge, with the hope that by understanding a student’s perspective, identified blocks to reporting may be eliminated. This study surveyed 297 Australian university students about their knowledge of their university’s anti-bullying policies existence and location, their personal and witnessed experienced of bullying, how they handled it, and their knowledge and thoughts on how bullying information is presented to students at their university. The results found students lacked knowledge about anti-bullying policies and practices in their university. The results also highlighted assumptions students make about what their university offers in regard to policies and services. This paper indicates that universities need to publicise their policies and better educate their students on bullying and their related anti-bullying policies.

除非政策的预期接受者知道并理解它，否则任何机构政策都只是纸老虎。已经对澳大利亚大学的学生反欺凌政策进行了研究，以确定内容的质量和可用性，但缺乏关于学生如何理解和使用这些政策的研究。在全球范围内，学生之间的欺凌已被确定为大学的一个问题；然而，在确定学生对欺凌的知识和经验以及大学提供的相关政策和服务方面，几乎没有做任何事情。本文的目的是填补知识上的空白，希望通过理解学生的观点，可以消除报告中已确定的障碍。这项研究调查了 297 名澳大利亚大学生，了解他们对大学反欺凌政策的存在和位置的了解、他们个人和目击的欺凌经历、他们如何处理，以及他们对如何向大学学生展示欺凌信息的知识和想法. 结果发现，学生缺乏对大学反欺凌政策和实践的了解。结果还突出了学生对他们的大学在政策和服务方面提供的内容所做的假设。本文表明，大学需要宣传他们的政策，更好地教育学生了解欺凌和相关的反欺凌政策。以及他们对如何向大学学生展示欺凌信息的知识和想法。结果发现，学生缺乏对大学反欺凌政策和实践的了解。结果还突出了学生对他们的大学在政策和服务方面提供的内容所做的假设。本文表明，大学需要宣传他们的政策，更好地教育学生了解欺凌和相关的反欺凌政策。以及他们对如何向大学学生展示欺凌信息的知识和想法。结果发现，学生缺乏对大学反欺凌政策和实践的了解。结果还突出了学生对他们的大学在政策和服务方面提供的内容所做的假设。本文表明，大学需要宣传他们的政策，更好地教育学生了解欺凌和相关的反欺凌政策。