Teaching About Terrorism: University of Northumbria

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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[1].

Freedom of Information Request 1

According to the response of this University to the initial four part teaching terrorism FOI request, the answer to all four questions was 'no'.[2] The four questions being:

  • 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?
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. Northumbria University does not have an institutional procedure or policy in place to specifically review or assess reading lists, module descriptors or other teaching materials in terms of safety and risk under terrorism legislation. We, of course, do have general procedures for approving new modules or revisions to existing modules where the learning outcomes, teaching content, reading lists etc are scrutinised in terms of their fit with the programme, the discipline (including subject benchmark statements), and the University’s requirements for descriptor style and content. These do not however explicitly cover “risk under terrorism”.
  • 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 we do not.
  • 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.[3]

Freedom of Information Request 2

Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ Teaching Terrorism, About, Teaching Terrorism, Accessed 24-September-2010
  2. ↑ Freedom of Information Results, Teaching About Terrorism: FOI Results
  3. ↑ University of Northumbria, Teaching About Terrorism Freedom of Information Request 1, Scribd, Accessed 29-December-2010
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