Safeguarding and Prevent

Safeguarding

The university takes its responsibility to ensure the safety of its apprentices seriously and is committed to providing a safe environment for all staff, students and apprentices. This includes ensuring that appropriate processes and procedures are in place and a safeguarding team available when necessary. 

More information as the University's Safeguarding responsibilities can be found via the Compliance and Risk Office.

Prevent

Additionally as part of the Counter Terrorism Act 2015, the University has a responsibility to pay 'due regard to the need to prevent individuals from being drawn into terrorism', known as the Prevent Duty.

All staff working with apprentices are required to undergo the university's mandatory Prevent Training and additional resources are also available to both staff, employers and apprentices.

Staff should refer to the Keeping Apprentices Safe guidance documentation for more information.
(NB: this is guidance only.  For the actual University’s Safeguarding Policy please go to the link within this guidance.)

British Values

The Department for Education have reinforced the need ‘to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs’ as part of the Prevent Duty. 

The University of Manchester is committed to upholding these values for its students and apprentices both throughout their studies and within their teaching, but also as part of their overall experience as an apprentice. This should be demonstrated through:

• development of a diverse curriculum and teaching methods including seminars and workshops to allow reflection and voicing of ideas
• reference to the Student Charter
• ensuring that the university bullying and harassment policies and procedures are promoted and adhered to
• that Student Wellbeing and Support policies, procedures and resources, including the counselling service and a wealth of mental health support services are made widely available and promoted
• Disciplinary and IT policies and procedures are made clear and effectively communicated
• Students Union and Alumni membership is made widely available to apprentices