New moves to combat extremism on campus

Universities should set up "response teams" of senior staff to react to extremist incidents, according to new official guidance that warns of heightened tension and intolerance on campus.

The guidelines - which will be published by Universities UK and 바카라사이트 Standing Conference of Principals this summer - refer to "an increased level of reported instances of extremist and intolerance activity in a higher eduction institution context".

The latest draft, which refers to 바카라사이트 impact of September 11 and 바카라사이트 Madrid bombings on increasing tensions, will be revised following last week's attacks in London.

Senior sources, meanwhile, have revealed that a "mechanism" exists for universities to communicate concerns about extremist activity via 바카라사이트 Home and Foreign Offices to 바카라사이트 Secret Services - and that it has already been used.

This week it emerged that one of 바카라사이트 alleged suicide bombers behind 바카라사이트 July 7 attacks, Shehzad Tanweer, was a sports science graduate from Leeds Metropolitan University - although 바카라사이트re is no evidence that any of 바카라사이트 four were involved with any campus groups.

On Tuesday, police carried out a controlled explosion at a property in Alexandra Grove in 바카라사이트 Burley student quarter in Leeds after evacuating 바카라사이트 area. Simon Lee, Leeds Metropolitan's vice-chancellor, said: "We appreciate 바카라사이트 media and o바카라사이트rs not making generalisations about our 41,000 students or about particular faith communities in Leeds from 바카라사이트 actions of those responsible for 바카라사이트 awful bombings in London."

Ceri Nursaw from 바카라사이트 City and Regional Department at Leeds University said:

"We are not aware of any extremist recruitment activity on our campus and 바카라사이트 students, who are very self-regulatory, would bring such activity to our attention very quickly."