Teaching About Terrorism

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.

The project will:

• Survey the extent and nature of teaching about terrorism across the UK Higher Education sector in three related disciplines.
• Analyse patterns of provision and quality and best practice markers.
• Examine selected cases of challenges in teaching about terrorism.
• Examine selected cases of ‘best practice’ in teaching about terrorism.
• Construct a guide to the range of terrorism studies in the UK.
• Provide guidance to the HE community on how to handle challenges and promote best practice

Case Studies

• Aberystwyth University
• Buckingham University Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies
• City University London
• King's College London
• University College London
• University of Buckingham
• University of Nottingham
• Why Are Britain's Universities Incubating Islamist Extremism? a seminar held at the neoconservative orientated think-tank Policy Exchange on 21 August 2006.

Table

University	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 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 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 ?
Ulster	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Loughborough	Yes	No	No	No
Nottingham	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sunderland	Yes	Refusal	Yes	Yes
Cranfield	Yes	No	No	No
Huddersfield	Yes	No	No	No
Keele	Yes	No	No	No
Arts UC Bournemouth	Yes	No	Yes	No
Teesside	Yes	No	No	Yes
King\'s College	Yes	No	No	Yes
Institute of Education	Yes	No	No	Yes
Heriot-Watt	Yes	No	No	Yes
UC Birmingham	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
West of Scotland	Refusal	No	No	Yes
City	Refusal	Refusal	Refusal	Refusal
Salford	Refusal	Refusal	Refusal	Refusal
Winchester	Refusal	Refusal	Refusal	Refusal
Plymouth	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response
Buckinghamshire New	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response
Lampeter	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response
Southampton	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response
London Metropolitan	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response
UC Falmouth	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response
Royal Agricultural College	No Response	No Response	No Response	No Response
Gloucestershire	No	No	Yes	Yes
Cardiff	No	No	Yes	Yes
Bath	No	Yes	No	No
Chester	No	Yes	Refusal	Refusal
Warwick	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Liverpool John Moores	No	No	No	No
Westminster	No	No	No	Yes
UWIC	No	No	No	No
York St John	No	No	No	No
Newcastle	No	No	Yes	Yes
Thames Valley	No	No	No	Yes
Birmingham	No	No	Yes	Yes
Trinity UC Carmarthen	No	No	No	No
Bedfordshire	No	No	No	No
Harper Adams UC	No	No	No	No
York	No	No	No	No
Greenwich	No	No	No	No
Exeter	No	No	No	No
Liverpool Hope	No	No	No	No
Leeds Trinity	No	No	No	No
Anglia Ruskin	No	No	No	No
Bishop Grosseteste UC	No	No	No	No
Bradford	No	No	No	No
Brighton	No	No	No	No
De Montfort	No	No	No	No
Glasgow	No	No	No	No
Kent	No	No	No	No
Lancaster	No	No	No	No
Leeds	No	No	No	No
London South Bank	No	No	No	No
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	No	No	No	No
Manchester	No	No	No	No
Manchester Met	No	No	No	No
Napier	No	No	No	No
Queen Margaret	No	No	No	No
Royal College of Art	No	No	No	No
Robert Gordon	No	No	No	No
Sheffield Hallam	No	No	No	No
Swansea Metropolitan	No	No	No	No
St Andrews	No	No	No	No
Strathclyde	No	No	No	No
Sussex	No	No	No	No
University College	No	No	No	No
Creative Arts	No	No	No	No
Norwich UC Arts	No	No	No	No
Bath Spa	No	No	No	No
Brunel	No	No	No	No
Stirling	No	No	No	No
Southampton Solent	No	No	No	No
Glamorgan	No	No	No	No
Open	No	No	No	No
Portsmouth	No	No	No	No
Surrey	No	No	No	No
Bangor	No	No	No	No
London Business School	No	No	No	No
Chichester	No	No	No	No
Reading	No	No	No	No
Oxford Brookes	No	No	No	No
Bournemouth	No	No	No	No
Central School of Speech & Drama	No	No	No	No
Guildhall School of Music & Drama	No	No	No	No
Royal Academy of Music	No	No	No	No
Royal College of Music	No	No	No	No
St Mary\'s UC Twickenham	No	No	No	No
St Mary\'s UC Belfast	No	No	No	No
Edinburgh	No	No	No	No
Stranmillis UC	No	No	No	No
Newman UC	No	No	No	No
Northumbria	No	No	No	No
Middlesex	No	No	No	No
Birkbeck	No	No	No	No
Royal Veterinary College	No	No	No	No
University of the Arts	No	No	No	No
Swansea	No	No	No	No
Plymouth Marjon	No	No	No	No
Coventry	No	No	No	No
Hull	No	No	No	No
Glasgow Caledonian	No	No	No	No
Queen\'s Belfast	No	No	Yes	No
Imperial College	No	No	No	No but working on a policy
Nottingham Trent	No	No	Refusal	Refusal
Cambridge	No	No	Refusal	Refusal
West of England	No	No	Refusal	Refusal
Canterbury Christ Church	No	No	No	Yes
Central Lancashire	No	No	No	Yes
Lincoln	No	No	No	Yes
Bolton	No	No	No	Yes
Aberdeen	No	No	No	Yes
Oxford	No	No	No	Yes
Essex	No	No	No	Yes
Glyndwr	No	No	No	Yes
Liverpool	No	No	No	Yes
School of Pharmacy	No	No	No	Yes
Royal Holloway	No	No	No	Yes
Roehampton	No	No	No	Yes
Sheffield	No	No	No	Yes
East Anglia	No	No	No	Yes
East London	No	No	No	Yes
Cumbria	No	No	No	Yes
Abertay, Dundee	No	No	No	Yes
Queen Mary	No	No	No	Yes
Bristol	No	No	No	Yes
Leicester	No	No	No	Yes
SOAS	No	No	No	Yes
Worcester	No	No	No	Yes
Durham	No	No	No	Yes
LSE	No	No	No	Yes
Northampton	No	No	No	Yes
Leeds Metropolitan	No	No	No	Yes
Staffordshire	No	No	No	Yes
Goldsmiths	No	No	No	Yes
St George’s	No	No	No	Yes
Dundee	No	No	No	Yes
Aberystwyth	No	No	No	Yes
Aston	No	No	No	Yes
Derby	No	No	Yes	Yes
Newport	No	No	Yes	Yes
Wolverhampton	No	No	Yes	Yes
Hertfordshire	No	No	Yes	Yes
Kingston	No	No	Yes	Yes
Birmingham City	No	No	Yes	Yes
Edge Hill	No	No	Yes	Yes

Links

Teaching Terrorism Special Interest Group webpage
The Teaching About Terrorism e-list
The Teaching About Terrorism blog