Charles Sturt University is doing things differently after a report exposed a culture of sexual assault and harassment on campus.

The Australian Human Rights Commission surveyed the nation's students and found more than half had been sexually harassed at least once at university in 2016.

This year, Charles Sturt University introduced a compulsory, intensive education program for its
first year students living on campus.

The students are required to take part in the Playing Right project during their orientation, which targets the so-called "grey area" around consent for its students.