Guidance
The Prevent Duty and ICT policies in higher education (HE)
Training materials on the Prevent duty and implementing IT policies in higher education.
Applies to England and Wales
Documents
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