PREVENT Policy

Preventing the radicalisation of students is part of a Government initiative to develop an effective counter terrorism programme. The UK faces a range of terrorist threats. All the terrorist groups who pose a threat to us seek to radicalise and recruit people to their cause. The Government Prevent strategy seeks to:

  • Respond to the ideological challenge of terrorism and aspects of extremism, and the threat we face from those who promote these views

  • Provide practical help to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure they are given appropriate advice and support

  • Work with a wide range of sectors where there are risks of radicalisation which needs to be addressed, including education, criminal justice, faith, charities, the internet and health

A system of threat level has been created which represents the likelihood of an attack in the near future. The five levels are:

  • Critical - an attack is expected imminently

  • Severe - an attack is highly likely

  • Substantial - an attack is a strong possibility

  • Moderate - an attack is possible but not likely

  • Low - an attack is unlikely

As we work with ethnically diverse learners, we must be aware that we have a role to play in promoting shared values. Although our learners are low risk, we must recognise that violence and extremism can manifest themselves anywhere, even in training settings such as ours.

Our objectives are:

  1. To promote and reinforce shared values

  2. To support inter-faith and inter-cultural dialogue and understanding

  3. To ensure student safety by keeping MKLC interactive programmes free from bullying, harassment and discrimination

  4. To ensure that staff are aware of their roles and responsibilities in preventing violent extremism.

In order to achieve these objectives we will: 

  • Promote equality and diversity and understanding which are our core values

  • Develop understanding of the issues and confidence to deal with them

  • Use teaching and learning strategies which explore controversial issues in a way which promotes critical analysis and pro social values