Common Law Duty of Care in HE
Dear The Glasgow School of Art,
"Universities have a general duty of care to their students - not to cause harm by careless acts or omissions – commensurate with their role and capabilities as settings for adult education" (Universities UK, 2023).
Please supply any internal or external university documentation that explains the nature and extent of this Common Law duty of care, placed on every member of staff, and owed to each enrolled student.
Yours faithfully,
Gillian Green
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Dear Ms Green
Ref: FOI/22/23/93
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Glasgow School of Art on 23 July 2023.
We will respond to your request as soon as possible, and no later than 18
August 2023, pending any clarification we may need to seek from you.
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Academic Quality Office
Glasgow School of Art | 167 Renfrew Street | Glasgow G3 6RQ
[1]cid:[email address]
Dear Ms Green
Ref: FOI/22/23/93
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
Glasgow School of Art on 23 July 2023.
The response below was received from the Academic Registrar, the Director
of Human Resources and the Head of Student Support & Development:
Staff training modules include:
• Safeguarding (mandatory)
• [1]Identifying and Responding to Student Mental Health Problems
(mandatory)
• Prevent Awareness Training (optional/targeted)
Policy includes: [2]Adult Protection Policy, [3]Child Protection Policy,
[4]PVG Scheme Policy and the H&S Policy for Children and Young people
(attached).
We also have:
• the Personal Tutor Handbook (attached)
• the Registry Privacy statement
([5]https://www.gsa.ac.uk/media/2025075/Acad...)
which has a section on when GSA will get in touch with an emergency
contact
• Safeguarding process noted on the staff intranet
• Please also find attached a copy of the Student Mental Health
Agreement, a summary of the 2023 evaluation in partnership with NUS
Think Positive and an overview of the GSA Report and Support tool.
This concludes our response to your Freedom of Information request.
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[11]cid:[email address]
From: Foicoor <[email address]>
Sent: 24 July 2023 09:15
To: Gillian Green <[FOI #1007495 email]>
Cc: Foicoor <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Common Law Duty of Care in
HE
Dear Ms Green
Ref: FOI/22/23/93
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request, which was received by
Glasgow School of Art on 23 July 2023.
We will respond to your request as soon as possible, and no later than 18
August 2023, pending any clarification we may need to seek from you.
Kind Regards
Academic Quality Office
Glasgow School of Art | 167 Renfrew Street | Glasgow G3 6RQ
[12]cid:[email address]
Dear Foicoor,
Could you confirm that you do not have any guidance specifically and solely on the common law duty of care owed to students?
Yours sincerely,
Gillian Green
Dear Ms Green
Yes, I can confirm that Glasgow School of Art do not have any guidance specifically and solely on the common law duty of care owed to students.
Kind Regards
Academic Quality Office
Glasgow School of Art | 167 Renfrew Street | Glasgow G3 6RQ
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