Teaching About Terrorism: Imperial College London

Teaching About Terrorism is a 2009/10 research project funded by C-SAP, one of the Higher Education Academy's subject networks. The project aims to research the extent and nature of teaching about terrorism in UK Universities, primarily in the disciplines of Sociology, Politics and Criminology.

Freedom of Information Request 1

• Does your institution provide any information or advice to students or staff on any potential liability under terrorism legislation?

No

• Does your institution have any kind of procedure to review or assess reading lists, module descriptors or other teaching materials which explicitly or in practice considers questions of safety and risk under terrorism legislation as part of its remit?

No

• Does your institution have any system, policy or procedure in place for dealing with any potential actions taken by the authorities against the institution, its students or staff under Terrorism legislation?

No

• Does your institution have any system, policy or procedure in place for 'preventing violent extremism' as recommended for example in the government guidance document 'Promoting Good Campus Relations'.

No, we do not have anything in place as yet. However a College steering group, responsible for developing and implementing the College's strategy for managing the risk of violent extremism in the student population, is working with Prevent. Information on Prevent can be found here.

Resources

• Freedom of Information Results, Teaching About Terrorism: FOI Results
• Imperial College London, Teaching About Terrorism Response to FOI 1, Scribd