Whistleblowing (Public Interest Disclosure)

The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (‘the Act’) gives legal protection to workers against being dismissed or suffering any other detriment as a consequence of raising, with appropriate senior personnel, concerns which they believe indicate malpractice within the organisation.

In response to the Act, the University has established appropriate channels through which staff can express such concerns (‘the procedures’) and emphasises that the position in the University of the individual expressing such concerns (‘the discloser’) which they reasonably believe to be true in good faith and in accordance with this procedure, should not be jeopardised as a result.

The policy and procedures for making and dealing with public interest disclosures (sometimes referred to as 'whistleblowing') can be found here and a flow chart showing the process can be found here.

The form for colleagues who wish to raise a concern about wrongdoing in line with the Whistleblowing (Public Interest Disclosure) Policy and Procedure can be found here