make sure that staff and students’ complaints about actions taken under the Prevent duty are dealt with in a timely and effective manner, that lessons are learned across the institution and the Prevent action plan is amended where appropriate. Guidelines for Prevent leads As a Prevent lead, you are responsible for identifying risks relevant to the Prevent duty and for creating a plan setting out the actions your institution will take to mitigate against these risks. The guidelines below should help you ensure that you assess the impact of your proposed actions in a robust and proportionate way. However, we encourage you to consult with equality and diversity staff who might have already put systems in place to help you conduct a thorough assessment. They could also act as a friend’ to provide independent scrutiny on the work you do to comply with ‘critical equality and human rights law in the context of the Prevent duty. Assessing the potential impact of your Prevent action plan We suggest that you assess your proposed Prevent action plan for its impact on equality and good relations at the same time as assessing its impact on human rights. We suggest that you consider the overall impact of your action plan, looking at the cumulative impact of your proposed actions rather than their individual impact in isolation. The questions below may help you to do this: Could some of your proposed actions lead to unlawful conduct prohibited by the Equality Act 2010? your plan affect how people with particular protected characteristics access the courses your institution delivers or how they participate in activities on university premises? Could it affect their academic success? Could it affect how comfortable students feel studying certain
make sure that staff and students’ complaints about actions taken under the Prevent duty are dealt with in a timely and effective manner, that lessons are learned across the institution and the Prevent action plan is amended where appropriate. Guidelines for Prevent leads As a Prevent lead, you are responsible for identifying risks relevant to the Prevent duty and for creating a plan setting out the actions your institution will take to mitigate against these risks. The guidelines below should help you ensure that you assess the impact of your proposed actions in a robust and proportionate way. However, we encourage you to consult with equality and diversity staff who might have already put systems in place to help you conduct a thorough assessment. They could also act as a ‘critical friend’ to provide independent scrutiny on the work you do to comply with equality and human rights law in the context of the Prevent duty. Assessing the potential impact of your Prevent action plan We suggest that you assess your proposed Prevent action plan for its impact on equality and good relations at the same time as assessing its impact on human rights. We suggest that you consider the overall impact of your action plan, looking at the cumulative impact of your proposed actions rather than their individual impact in isolation. The questions below may help you to do this: Could some of your proposed actions lead to unlawful conduct prohibited by the Equality Act 2010? your plan affect how people with particular protected characteristics access the courses your institution delivers or how they participate in activities on university premises? Could it affect their academic success? Could it affect how comfortable students feel studying certain
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