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
Raising a concern
- Procedure for raising a concern - flowchart
- Procedure for raising a concern - supplementary guidance
Conducting research
Background and external resources
Legislation
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
Monitoring
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The Office for Students is the monitoring authority for the Prevent duty in the HE sector; its published monitoring framework describes its role
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The Office for Students also plays a role in protecting and upholding freedom of speech in HE
University background materials
Note that the following two documents date from the early implementation of the Prevent duty in 2015 and 2016. They are retained here for reference but some of the processes described and linked to therein have been superseded or updated in the meantime.
- Prevent explainer - how the University is responding
- Briefing note for Heads of Institutions and Institutional Administrators
Statements on Prevent-related issues
The University has published a formal statement on the PalSoc event held on University premises in November 2017.