Resources and Guidance

University resources

Policy statements

• University Free Speech Principles
• University Statement on Freedom of Speech
• Statement on Political Campaigning and Leafleting

Booking an event

• Code of Practice on Meetings and Public Gatherings on University Premises (also known as the Code of Practice Issued under Section 43 of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986)
• Guidance for booking meetings and events (including template booking form), available from the Estate Management room bookings page

Using rooms for worship

• Rooms for worship, celebration or meditation

Raising a concern

• Procedure for raising a concern - flowchart
• Procedure for raising a concern - supplementary guidance

Conducting research

• Handling security-sensitive research material

Background and external resources

Legislation

• Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (Part 5, Chapter 1)

Statutory and other Government guidance

• Prevent Duty guidance - version in force until 30 December 2023 (including the separate guidance for higher education institutions)
• Prevent Duty guidance - version in force from 31 December 2023
• The Home Office maintains a list of proscribed terrorist groups and organisations, which are banned under UK law
• The Prevent Duty in higher education (HE): training and guidance for practitioners - guidance from the Department for Education (some of this content was previously published on the decomissioned Safe Campus Communities website)

Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance

• Freedom of expression: a guide for higher education providers and students' unions in England and Wales

Monitoring

• The Office for Students is the monitoring authority for the Prevent duty in the HE sector; its published monitoring framework describes its role
• The Office for Students also plays a role in protecting and upholding freedom of speech in HE

University background materials