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==Freedom of Information Request 1== | ==Freedom of Information Request 1== | ||
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| + | *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? If so please provide copies of any documents held which detail or refer to such information or advice. | ||
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| + | :No | ||
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| + | *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? If so please supply full details of this policy and procedure and advise when and how it was decided upon and implemented. | ||
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| + | :No | ||
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| + | *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? If so please supply a copy of the policy and advise the date it was decided upon and implemented. | ||
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| + | :Yes [http://www.powerbase.info/images/9/97/Newcastle_University_Information_Systems_and_Services.pdf See Attached] | ||
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| + | *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’? | ||
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| + | :Newcastle University has positive and close links with a range of internal groups, its Students' Union and relevant external bodies through which it promotes the ideals laid out in 'Promoting Good Campus Relations'.<ref>University of Newcastle, [http://www.scribd.com/doc/49856100/Newcastle-Response-Doc1 Response to Freedom of Information Request 1], ''Scribd'', Accessed 03-March-2011</ref> | ||
==Freedom of Information Request 2== | ==Freedom of Information Request 2== | ||
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*Freedom of Information Results, [[Teaching About Terrorism: FOI Results]] | *Freedom of Information Results, [[Teaching About Terrorism: FOI Results]] | ||
*University of Newcastle, [http://www.scribd.com/doc/38551296/Newcastle-eml E-mail response to Teaching About Terrorism FOI 1], ''Scribd'' | *University of Newcastle, [http://www.scribd.com/doc/38551296/Newcastle-eml E-mail response to Teaching About Terrorism FOI 1], ''Scribd'' | ||
| + | *University of Newcastle, [http://www.scribd.com/doc/38551261/Newcastle-Response-Document-Attached Information Systems and Services Policy], ''Scribd'' | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Teaching About Terrorism]] | [[Category:Teaching About Terrorism]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:07, 2 March 2011
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
- 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? If so please provide copies of any documents held which detail or refer to such information or advice.
- 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? If so please supply full details of this policy and procedure and advise when and how it was decided upon and implemented.
- 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? If so please supply a copy of the policy and advise the date it was decided upon and implemented.
- Yes See Attached
- 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’?
- Newcastle University has positive and close links with a range of internal groups, its Students' Union and relevant external bodies through which it promotes the ideals laid out in 'Promoting Good Campus Relations'.[2]
Freedom of Information Request 2
Resources
- Freedom of Information Results, Teaching About Terrorism: FOI Results
- University of Newcastle, E-mail response to Teaching About Terrorism FOI 1, Scribd
- University of Newcastle, Information Systems and Services Policy, Scribd
Notes
- ↑ Teaching Terrorism, About, Teaching Terrorism, Accessed 24-September-2010
- ↑ University of Newcastle, Response to Freedom of Information Request 1, Scribd, Accessed 03-March-2011
