Counter Terrorism and Security Act

Roughly what I said in my Digifest presentation yesterday

17 December 2015 at 2:47pm

HEFCE monitoring framework for Prevent

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), as the body given responsibility by the Home Office for monitoring compliance with the Prevent duty in the higher education sector in England, has now announced how it will perform this responsibility. Full details can be found at the links to the HEFCE website below: the following is a summary.

14 October 2015 at 3:50pm

Prevent Duty for FE/HE now in force

[Updated to include UCISA Model Regulations] After short debates in the Houses of Commons and Lords the legal duties on universities and colleges to address risks of radicalisation came into force on 18th September.

28 July 2015 at 4:32pm

Prevent Duty for FE/HE: Current position (July 2015)

With Parliament now on its summer break, the legal position under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 is unlikely to change till September.

11 June 2015 at 5:11pm

Preparing for Prevent

While we're still awaiting the announcement of the date when universities and colleges will have a legal duty to "have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism", there's probably enough information available in the published guidance for organisations to start reviewing whether their current practice is likely to be sufficient to satisfy that duty. Three resources are already available:

11 June 2015 at 5:12pm

Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015

I was invited to speak at the Russell Group IT Directors' meeting yesterday, on the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 and its implications for universities. My slides are attached to this post. Most of the Act is concerned with human, rather than technology, issues but the Act does require universities and colleges to have "due regard for the need to prevent people being drawn into terrorism". However, as I concluded:

11 June 2015 at 5:12pm

Extremism Guidance for Universities and Colleges

Counter Terrorism Bill