Teaching About Terrorism: University of Aberdeen

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 which might result from accessing materials for teaching or research?

• 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 ?

• 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 ?

• 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’

University of Aberdeen answer in full:

The University does not have any systems, policies, procedures or guidance such as you describe. The University is a member of a Group established by Grampian Police to raise awareness of public authorities, community groups and other relevant organisations to potential terrorist threats to the United Kingdom". This is part of the UK Government's long term strategy for countering international terrorism known as CONTEST details of which can be found at.

Resources

• Freedom of Information Results, Teaching About Terrorism: FOI Results
• University of Aberdeen, Teaching About Terrorism Response to FOI 1, Scribd