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==Freedom of Information Request 1== | ==Freedom of Information Request 1== | ||
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| + | Oxford University answered the four questions contained in the first Teaching About Terrorism FOI in the following way: | ||
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| + | *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? | ||
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| + | :No, unless you regard the advice wegive students about the Academic Technology Approval Scheme as advicerelated to terrorism legislation. Further information is [http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/what-we-do/services-we-deliver/atas/ here] and [http://www.ox.ac.uk/students/international_students/ here]. | ||
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| + | *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? | ||
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| + | :No | ||
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| + | *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? | ||
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| + | :No | ||
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| + | *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’. | ||
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| + | :The University has considered theg overnmentg uidance document 'Promoting Good Campus Re lations' but hasn ot found itnecessary to introduce anynew procedureso r policy in response. Relevant existing procedures and policy are [http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/352-051a.shtml#_Toc28142344 here] and [ here]. | ||
==Freedom of Information Request 2== | ==Freedom of Information Request 2== | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 29 December 2010
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
Oxford University answered the four questions contained in the first Teaching About Terrorism FOI in the following way:
- 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, unless you regard the advice wegive students about the Academic Technology Approval Scheme as advicerelated to terrorism legislation. Further information is here and here.
- 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 University has considered theg overnmentg uidance document 'Promoting Good Campus Re lations' but hasn ot found itnecessary to introduce anynew procedureso r policy in response. Relevant existing procedures and policy are here and [ here].
Freedom of Information Request 2
Resources
- Freedom of Information Results, Teaching About Terrorism: FOI Results
