UCU: Disclosure of relevant and confidential background information with staff

Motion

Motion title: Disclosure of relevant and confidential background information with staff

Motion text: Conference notes we are facing dangerous situations where information is
withheld by colleges on individuals, either by disclosure or by a risk assessment.
This leads to putting both staff and learners at risk of violence or death. This is
evident by the attempted murder of the assistant head in Ysgol Dyffryn Aman.
For example, recently in Coleg Sir Gar, staff have been subjected to students
with violent backgrounds and behaviour issues, and were not given any
information owing to the college not disclosing this under GDPR. Staff are feeling
exposed to risk and unsafe in the classroom.
Conference proposes UCU to lobby UK Government to seek to make changes in
legislation and issue guidelines to all members so that information can be
disclosed to staff with regards to violent behaviour, police investigations and
Prevent.