Key resources

Policy statements

• University Free Speech Principles
• University Statement on Freedom of Speech (note this is currently under revision)
• 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) (note this is currently under revision)
• 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

University background materials

• Prevent explainer - how the University is responding
• Briefing note for Heads of Institutions and Institutional Administrators

Legislation

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

Government guidance

• Prevent Duty Guidance (including the HE sector-specific Guidance for Higher Education Institutions in England and Wales)
• The Home Office maintains a list of proscribed terrorist groups and organisations, which are banned under UK law

Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance

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

Higher Education sector-specific guidance

• Safe Campus Communities - guidance from Advance HE

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