Mr Benson

My office advised me that you had not received the response below. Hopefully
you will receive it now.
Regards
Elinor
From: Byrden Elinor
Sent: 25 May 2010 18:07
To: 'ian.benson22@btinternet.com'
Subject: Freedom of Information request - FOIA/10/33
Dear Mr Benson
Further to your freedom of information request please be advised that the
University of Ulster's Policy on Acceptable Use which applies to everyone who
uses University of Ulster owned or leased information and communications
equipments or networks states that unacceptable use includes images or text
depicting violence or personal violent crime and images or text concerning the
commissioning of acts of terrorism and the dissemination of the same. The
Policy also states that viewing, downloading or distributions of materials which
depict any of the above, are criminal offences. The policy which is circulated
to all staff and students sets out the consequences of any breaches of the
policy. A revised policy was implemented in January 2010 and is available
online at: http://www.ulster.ac.uk/isgsc/aucop-v4_3.pdf
Guidance on the procedures for disclosing information to relevant authorities in
order to prevent or detect crime was issued to all staff in 2009 and is
available online at:
http://plangov.ulster.ac.uk/governance/pdfs/data_protection_guidance_note_3.pdf.

The University has adopted a policy of creating a politically neutral

environment throughout all parts of the institution. The University s Equality
Scheme, approved by the Equality Commission in July 2002, sets out the
University's commitment to its statutory obligations under the Northern Ireland
Act 1998 to carry out all its functions to have regard to the desirability of
promoting good relations between persons of different religious belief,
political opinion or racial group. A copy of the Scheme is available online at:
http://www.equality.ulster.ac.uk/pdf/uuequalityscheme.pdf The University's
Equal Opportunities Policy, (updated in October 2008) and Bullying and
Harassment Policy (implemented in March 2004) set out the University's
responsibilities to promote a good and harmonious working environment in which
no member of staff or student feels under threat or intimidated on grounds of
religious beliefs, political opinion. All staff receive training on the
University's Equality Scheme which provides guidance on the University's
complaints procedures. The documents are available online at:
http://www.equality.ulster.ac.uk/policies.html.
The Students' Union commitment to the policy of creating a politically neutral
environment is outlined in its Protocol Governing All On-Campus Political
Activities, available online at:
http://uusu.org/files/Political_protocol__Apprvd_June_2008_(2).doc. The Policy
was implemented in 2007. Emergency telephone numbers and first aid contacts are
widely publicised throughout the University. Each campus at the University has
chaplaincy services and their location is clearly signposted.
If you are unhappy with how we have dealt with your Freedom of Information (FOI)
request you may raise the matter under the University's internal review process
for FOI requests. Please submit written details of your appeal to Ms Irene
Aston, Director of Corporate Planning and Governance, Room J313, University of
Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA. The University will normally undertake to issue a
decision on an appeal within 20 working days of receipt.
If you do not wish to submit an appeal to the University, in regard to your FOI
request, or if you are unhappy with the outcome of an appeal you may apply to
the Office of the Information Commissioner. Full particulars of the FOI Act,
including the Information Commissioner's address may be found at
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
Yours sincerely
Elinor Byrden
Governance and Legal Services