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

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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