Protesters have approached parents and prospective students at the University of Sydney Open Day, holding mattresses that read "welcome to the hunting grounds," in a demonstration highlighting sexual assault at the university.

Students from the university's Women's Collective, survivors of campus sexual assault and their supporters staged the protest on Saturday morning to bring attention "to the danger of sexual assault on campus."

Students from the university's Women's Collective, survivors of campus sexual assault and their supporters. Credit:University of Sydney Women's Collective

"We are protesting outside the information session for prospective students and parents, to bring attention to the danger of sexual assault on campus. We will continue to shine light on this issue until the university meets the demands outlined in our open letter," the University of Sydney Women's Collective wrote on Facebook.



"University management have had decades to take action on this issue, but have continually delayed doing so. The university's silence on this issue condones a rape culture that allows for student fear, trauma and unrest to persist."