The Prevent Duty: A Briefing for All Staff

The University has a statutory duty to have ‘due regard to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’. This is known as the Prevent Duty (Section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015). It is primarily about safeguarding students and staff in the University and includes a range of responsibilities in areas such as pastoral care, support for staff and students, procedures for arranging events and using facilities. All staff need to be aware of the process of radicalisation, definitions of extremism and the process for raising concerns in this context.

This short session provides information about Prevent for all staff working in in the University. It includes input and examples to consider and combines the content in Module 1 – An introduction to the Prevent Duty: Online and the University Prevent website.

You can access these as an alternative to attending this session.

Full details of available training and support are on the Prevent Training Moodle site using your Raven login.

• University staff
• Further details regarding PPD's eligibility criteria are available here

Number of sessions: 1

• to ensure a clear understanding of what the Prevent Duty covers, and what it does not cover, in higher education
• to understand key terms such as radicalisation, extremism and ‘Channel’
• to highlight the key areas of responsibility across a variety of roles
• to clarify the process for raising a concern within the context of the Duty

One session of one and a half hours

• Prevent Module 1 - An Introduction to the Prevent Duty: Online Course
• Prevent Module 5 - A Student and Staff Wellbeing Issue: Online Course