Teaching About Terrorism: University of Cambridge

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?

This information you requested is not held.

• 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?

This information you requested is not held.

• 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?

To the extent that your request would, or would be likely to prejudice matters of law enforcement or national or international security, the University neither confirms nor it denies that it holds the information requested in questions 3 and 4. The duty in section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 does not apply by virtue of sub-sections 23(5), 24(2), 27(4), and/or 31(1)a of that Act. The University has considered whether the public interest in maintaining the exclusion of the duty to confirm or deny outweighs the public interest in disclosing whether the University holds the information and has determined that it does, having regard in particular to the risk of individuals or groups becoming aware of the University’s arrangements in this regard and the risk of the expectation of trust and confidentiality between relevant national and international agencies being undermined.

• 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'

To the extent that your request would, or would be likely to prejudice matters of law enforcement or national or international security, the University neither confirms nor it denies that it holds the information requested in questions 3 and 4. The duty in section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 does not apply by virtue of sub-sections 23(5), 24(2), 27(4), and/or 31(1)a of that Act. The University has considered whether the public interest in maintaining the exclusion of the duty to confirm or deny outweighs the public interest in disclosing whether the University holds the information and has determined that it does, having regard in particular to the risk of individuals or groups becoming aware of the University’s arrangements in this regard and the risk of the expectation of trust and confidentiality between relevant national and international agencies being undermined.

Resources

• Freedom of Information Results, Teaching About Terrorism: FOI Results
• University of Cambridge, Teaching About Terrorism Response to FOI 1; Cover E-mail, Scribd
• University of Cambridge, Teaching About Terrorism Response to FOI 1, Scribd