British Values, Prevent & Safeguarding
British Values
British Values are embedded into our delivery and resources. The five key British values are:
- Democracy
- The rule of law
- Individual liberty
- Mutual respect
- Tolerance
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION, 2014. Guidance on promoting British values in schools published [viewed 5 May 2022]. Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/guidance-on-promoting-british-values-in-schools-published
Solent’s Values and Behaviours
British values align with Solent’s University Values and Behaviours
Respect - Ownership - Inclusivity - Engagement - Integrity - Teamwork
Solent Safeguarding Policy
The University is committed to ensuring a safe and supportive environment for students, staff, and visitors. The University recognises that in the course of its activities, there are circumstances in which children, adults with care or support needs or students at risk come onto University premises at both campuses or have contact with University students, staff, or contractors.
https://students.solent.ac.uk/student-hub/safeguarding
Equality and Diversity
Solent University aims to foster a community with a culture of mutual trust, fairness, harmony, and respect devoid of hatred and intolerance.
It is committed to the elimination of all forms of both direct and indirect discrimination and will take appropriate action wherever possible to enforce its equality in its student equality, diversity, and inclusion policy.
https://students.solent.ac.uk/student-hub/equality-and-diversity
Prevent
Prevent is one of four strands that make up the government’s counter-terrorism strategy called CONTEST. The Prevent duty is a new statutory duty to have “due regard to the need to prevent individuals from being drawn into terrorism”. The Prevent duty guidance provided by the government requires universities to assess the level of risk that people may be drawn into terrorism and to have suitable policies, procedures, or arrangements in place to mitigate those risks.
On 1 April 2018 the Office for Students (OfS) took over from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in the role of regulating English higher education providers on behalf of all students, including the role of working with universities to ensure the appropriate Prevent duty policies, procedures and arrangements are in place, and following an OfS Prevent monitoring framework for this purpose.
https://students.solent.ac.uk/student-hub/prevent