Key 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
University background materials
- Prevent explainer - how the University is responding
- Briefing note for Heads of Institutions and Institutional Administrators
Legislation
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
- 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