Teaching About Terrorism: Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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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

According to the response of this University to the initial four part teaching terrorism FOI request, the answer to all four questions was 'no'[2] . 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?
Staff - none. Students - Appendix b to Section 5A (Student Code of Conduct & Disciplinary Procedure) of Academic regulatory framework alerts students to the legal requirement to report incidents, in certain circumstances, to the police under prevention of terrorism legislation - attached.
  • 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?
Staff - no Students - only generally in respect of criminal offences (see Regulation 4 and appendix b to Student Code (attached above in response to question 1)).
  • 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[3]

Freedom of Information Request 2

'I can confirm that terrorism or any similar topic such as political violence, counter terrorism, counter insurgency or suicide bombing is not a subject of study in any discipline at our institution'.

Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ Teaching Terrorism, About, Teaching Terrorism, Accessed 24-September-2010
  2. ↑ Freedom of Information Results, Teaching About Terrorism: FOI Results
  3. ↑ Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Teaching About Terrorism Response to FOI 1, Scribd, Accessed 07-January-2011
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