Guidance

The Prevent Duty and ICT policies in higher education (HE)

Training materials on the Prevent duty and implementing IT policies in higher education.

From:: Department for Education
Published: 20 October 2021

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

The Prevent Duty and ICT in higher education (HE): PowerPoint presentation

MS PowerPoint Presentation, 1.03 MB

The Prevent Duty and ICT in higher education (HE): trainer’s notes

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The Prevent Duty and ICT in higher education (HE): guidance on effective policies to manage risk

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Details

These materials can be used to provide training for:

Prevent teams
IT staff
data protection officers
security managers

The Prevent statutory guidance refers to the role IT policies play in the effective implementation of the Prevent duty.

These training materials will help HE institutions understand:

acceptable use policies (AUPs) and the need to have them make specific reference to the statutory duty
how institutions should consider the use of filters as part of their overall strategy to prevent people being drawn into terrorism
the need for clear policies and procedures for students and staff working on sensitive or extremism-related research

Published 20 October 2021