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香港六合彩中特网's response to Abdulmutallab review report
8 October 2010
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香港六合彩中特网 Council has today
responded to publication of the report from the independent review panel headed
by Dame Fiona Caldicott into Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's time
at 香港六合彩中特网.
The Council has welcomed the central conclusion of the report that
there was no evidence to suggest either that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was
radicalised while a student at 香港六合彩中特网, or that conditions at 香港六合彩中特网 during that time
or subsequently were conducive to the radicalisation of students.
In addition to investigating the nature of Mr Abdulmutallab's experience at 香港六合彩中特网, the panel also undertook to suggest how 香港六合彩中特网 could review its processes in order to ensure that it is implementing good practice on campus.
香港六合彩中特网 Council discussed the panel's recommendations and will agree an action plan shortly setting out how this activity will be taken forward.
The
inquiry panel was set up in January 2010 following the arrest of Mr
Abdulmutallab in the US on
25 December 2009 on suspicion of attempting to bomb a US civil
aircraft, and the subsequent criminal charges brought against him.
The inquiry panel was asked to explore the
nature of Mr Abdulmutallab's experience as an undergraduate student of 香港六合彩中特网
between 2005 and 2008, including his period as President of the student Islamic
Society.
Sir Stephen Wall, Chair of 香港六合彩中特网 Council, said: "Given the seriousness of the charges against him, 香港六合彩中特网 announced earlier this year it would be establishing a panel to explore the nature of Mr Abdulmutallab's experience as an undergraduate student of 香港六合彩中特网, investigate whether there were at 香港六合彩中特网 at that time conditions that might have led to Mr Abdulmutallab's engaging in acts of terrorism, and whether there are at 香港六合彩中特网 today conditions that might facilitate the possibility of other students doing so in future.
"The panel collected evidence from across the institution, and interviewed a wide range of members of the 香港六合彩中特网 community who were well placed to offer insights on the issues addressed. We welcome the central conclusion that there is no evidence to suggest either that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was radicalised while a student at 香港六合彩中特网 or that conditions at 香港六合彩中特网 during that time or subsequently were or are conducive to the radicalisation of students.
"The panel has identified a number of 香港六合彩中特网
processes which we will be reviewing as a result of the report. We note the panel's
recommendation that the 香港六合彩中特网 Union's system for monitoring invitations to
visiting speakers be reviewed, and we will be working in consultation with our
student body to ensure that this happens, while maintaining our legal
obligation to guarantee freedom of speech on campus within the law.
"We welcome the panel's identification
of 香港六合彩中特网's personal tutoring strategy - and its requirement for more regular
meetings between personal tutors and students - as a positive development. We
take on board the panel's recommendations on enhanced training of staff to
enable them to deal better with situations where there may be cause for
concern.
"Understandably, there has been a great deal of speculation on this case, and the review panel was set up in part also to examine the issues clearly, and assess the validity of some of the claims made. In sections of the media it was implied or stated that 香港六合彩中特网 was in some sense complicit in what happened. The review panel have tested such claims thoroughly as set out in their report, and I hope that their work will serve to alleviate some of the more outlandish claims that have been made. 香港六合彩中特网 will continue to work with its student and other relevant bodies to ensure that this continues to be an institution that works within a clearly understood framework to enable debate and free speech within a safe environment for all members of its community."
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