Safe and Welcoming Campus Board
Committee description
Secretary: Kathy Cross, Email: kathryn.cross@liverpool.ac.uk
The Safe and Welcoming Campus Board has oversight of the development of the Safe and Welcoming Campus Strategy and the policies, procedures and activities which support the strategy. It recognises that for all our students, feeling safe and welcome is integral to their personal success.
Terms of Reference
The Committee’s responsibilities and decision-making powers are as follows:
- Responsible for the development of the Safe and Welcoming Campus Strategy to support and align with the aims and objectives of the Student Success Board
- Responsible for oversight of institutional approaches to student safety on campus and in the wider city, making recommendations to appropriate committees/departments for action as required
- Receive updates about institutional and regional activities including the Student Safety Group, Sexual Violence in the Night Time Economy Group and City Safe Board
- Receive updates about Purple Flag status
- Receive updates from Campus Support about safety trends and actions taken
- Responsible for oversight of institutional approaches and responses to student misconduct including harassment and sexual misconduct and ensuring compliance with OfS statement of expectations
- Receive updates from Student Services about Report and Support and actions taken
- Receive updates from Student Conduct Complaint and Compliance about student conduct issues, trends and responses through the University Disciplinary Process
- Receive updates about relevant student and staff training
- Responsible for the implementation and oversight of the institutional approach to safeguarding of children and young people, making recommendations to appropriate committees/departments for action as required
- Approve appropriate policies
- Approve the annual safeguarding report
- Ensure institutional compliance with the Prevent Duty in Higher Education in line with Section 26(1) f the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015
- Review and update the University of Liverpool Vulnerability to Extremism Risk Assessment and Action Plan;
- Ensure compliance with the Prevent Duty Monitoring Framework
- Approve the annual Prevent Monitoring report
- Ensure institutional compliance with Freedom of Speech legislation
- Review report of speaker risk assessments
- Approve Freedom of Speech Policy and associated processes
- Ensure relevant training is available to staff to enable them to provide a safe and welcoming campus including all of the areas set out in these terms of reference
- Review training available and uptake of training by relevant staff groups
- Ensure training is sufficient to meet regulatory and good practice requirements
Invited to Attend
Other members may be co-opted or invited to attend for specific meetings at the discretion of the Committee.
If non-University staff or University staff who are not members of the Committee wish to attend, then a formal written request must be made to the Chair who will then decide whether the attendance at the meeting is appropriate.
A deputy should attend the Committee in the event that a Committee member is unavailable.
Reporting Relationships
The Safe and Welcoming Campus Board reports to the Student Success Board. Relevant matters will also be reported to the Health and Safety Governance Committee.
Frequency of Meetings
The Safe and Welcoming Campus Board usually meets on four occasions during the academic year.
The Committee may establish time-limited groups as necessary to deal with pertinent issues.
Quorum
The quorum for meetings of the Safe and Welcoming Campus Board shall be six of the membership.