Join us as we discuss this cross-institutional, multi-partner coalition initiated by student organisations in collaboration with security, service and academic staff in two Scottish universities. Along with local service providers and police, our guests critically discuss the tensions encountered and challenges posed in creating a ‘whole-university’ approach to preventing and responding to gender-based violence. In so doing, it highlights the centrality of student leadership for developing an informed response and driving forward meaningful change, and the importance of internal/external partnerships for prevention work, root and branch reform of university policies and practices.