Teaching About Terrorism: Oxford Brookes University

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

According to the response of this University to the initial four part teaching terrorism FOI request, the answer to all four questions was 'no' . 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

• 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’

The Oxford Brookes University Student Conduct Regulations and Procedure set out the conducts and behaviours that we expect of students and the rights and obligations of staff, students and others in respect of the regulations, including the reporting of conduct supportive of politically, racially or religiously motivated violence and/or hate crimes or intolerance.

You will find these regulations on our web site at. These regulations were last revised in September 2007.

Resources

• Freedom of Information Results, Teaching About Terrorism: FOI Results