Teaching About Terrorism: University of Huddersfield

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?

Please see our Student Handbook of Regulations available dbook/studentregulations.pdf at, and Computing Regulations available at

• 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, however School Teaching & Learning Committees (for taught modules), Research Committees and Ethics Committees would consider relevant issues on an ad hoc basis.

• 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'.

No policy on 'preventing violent extremism' but related policies/procedures include the following:

• Freedom of Speech policy
• Community code of conduct
• Student Handbook of Regulations
• Equal Opportunities policy
• Faith Centre user agreement and other information

Resources

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