Additional resources

This checklist has been put together to support colleagues, in particular Deans, when considering whether to host a visiting academic in School.

This explains the UKRI work programme on Trusted Research and Innovation and sets out their expectations for those in receipt of funding from UKRI and its constituent research councils.

Trusted Research is the National Protective Security Authority’s (part of MI5 and GCHQ) campaign highlighting where universities need to be focussing to protect them and the UK. This has informed our approach to Safer Partnerships and Trusted Research.

These are the National Protective Security Authority’s (part of MI5 and GCHQ) resources to help you build a responsible professional network and to protect yourself from fake accounts and targeted approaches from foreign intelligence bodies or those engaged in industrial espionage. It includes an app which can help you identify fake profiles on social media platforms, like LinkedIn.

This publication by Universities UK contains detailed guidance for institutions on what to think about and what to have in place to protect operations and academic freedom.

The Due Diligence Tool draws on public sources of information to help understand whether a potential partner or collaborator are the right party to be working with and to check that there are no legal restrictions from working with them.

This explains what Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is and when it is required, including for accessing government assets as part of work with third parties.