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PREVENT AT UWE

Learn how UWE is implementing the Prevent Duty, ensuring a safe and inclusive campus environment while respecting freedom of speech. Discover our action plan and have your say in the online consultation.

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PREVENT AT UWE

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  1. PREVENT AT UWE Presentation by JO MIDGLEY Pro Vice-Chancellor Student Experience

  2. UWE’s values and commitments • Freedom of Speech and academic freedom • Equality and diversity • Inclusive and safe campus • We feel we achieve highly on all these points • We are committed to these values and will continue to be

  3. Prevent Duty Monitoring • All Universities in England have a legal obligation to respond to the Prevent Duty (since 18 September 2015) • We will be monitored by the Higher Education Funding Council For England • We need to be compliant by April 2016 • HEFCE has required all Universities to devise an action plan which reflects their specific needs and risks

  4. Prevent at UWE: Assessing risks • UWE set up a Prevent Task and Finish Group in May 2015 • The SU is represented on this group and has been closely involved • Chair: Pro VC Student Experience • Risk assessment: we assess current risks of radicalisation on UWE’s campuses as being low • No incident so far • We want our response to Prevent to be proportionate, inclusive and supportive

  5. Prevent at UWE: what we will do • Draft an External Speaker Policy • Strengthen Room booking processes • Train staff to recognise signs of vulnerability • Communicate to staff and students on how to raise concerns • Fully assess concerns relating to safeguarding internally • Offer support to students who are vulnerable • Continue to promote inclusivity and diversity and take a very serious stance on any kind of harassment, including hate crime

  6. Prevent at UWE: what we will NOT do • UWE has no intention of spying on students, directly or indirectly • We will not be tracking your emails or browsing history • UWE has no intention of restricting freedom of speech • Even if a speaker is considered to be radical, we will endeavour to run the event. Our draft External Speaker policy states: “In the spirit of debate, the University will normally seek to ensure that events or speakers identified as posing a risk will go ahead subject to the agreement of appropriate safeguards.  Cancellation of an event will only occur in exceptional circumstances, for example upon the advice of Police.“

  7. What next ? On line consultation: 20th January-1st February Read, discuss, and feedback • Findmore information and documents for consultation here: • http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/students/healthandwellbeing/safeguardingandpreventduty/preventstudentconsultation.aspx • Follow link from student newsletter on Thursday 21st January • On SU Website from Thursday 21st January We look forward to hearing from you: Prevent@uwe.ac.uk

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