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Health and Safety Law

Institutions have a legal duty in terms of Health and Safety legislation to protect staff, students and others from any reasonably foreseeable harm as well as a common law duty of care towards staff, students and others.

 

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Guide to Social Networking in the Workplace

ACAS guide offers practical tips on the impact of social networking on discipline and grievances, bullying, defamation, data protection and privacy.

Online Risks for Learners

Four out of ten students online are concerned about how their online profiles might affect their future.

University Breached Law by Making Students’ Details Available Online

Member of staff failed to realise they had made an error while carrying out work on the University’s IT system.

EU Survey Exposes Social Networking Risks

A recent EU survey finds that 77% of 13-16 year olds have a social networking profile and 25% say their profile is open to the public.

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