Dear University of Worcester,

Please can you provide the following information.

1. A list of any and all meetings between the police and any university staff which have taken place at your university since 1 October 2023 to discuss Pro-Palestine protest activity, including but not limited to:
- Encampments
- Chanting
- Written or verbal comments
- Flyering

2. For each of the meetings covered under the scope of question 1, please provide the:
A. The meeting agenda
B. The list of attendees and apologies
C. Meeting minutes
D. Any presentations shown at the meeting
E. Documents circulated during the meeting

3. Please provide copies of all emails sent and received by your university staff and the police liaison officer and/or local police force since 1 October 2023 discussing Palestine protest activity on your campus.

4. Have the police informed your university that they used facial recognition technology at any Palestine protests which have taken place on your campus since 1 October 2023?

5. If the answer to Q4 if yes, please specify:
A. The date(s) of the protest(s) in relation to which officers used facial recognition
B. The type(s) of facial recognition used (i.e Live Facial Recognition, Retrospective Facial Recognition, Operator-initiated facial recognition)

I understand that some of the above information/documents may need to be redacted for personal information but please note that the time taken for redactions does not normally contribute towards the cost limit.

Yours faithfully,

Harriet

Dear Freedom of Information team,

Just to clarify - my full name is Harriet Clugston.

Yours faithfully,

Harriet Clugston.

Dear [email address],

Thank you for your reply.

I am just coming back to you however as I think perhaps question 3 may not have been looked into sufficiently enough for my purposes.

Q3 asks about correspondence between the university and police regarding protest activity, however it does not follow that protest activity must have occurred in order for that correspondence to exist - the police may for instance be proactively gathering intelligence, as could the university. A response that therefore says there is nil information relevant to my request by virtue of there having been no protest activity may not fully answer the question therefore.

Could you please take another look at this for me?

Thank you,
Harriet

Dear [email address],

Apologies, I am just coming back to you again as i realise my argument regarding question 3 also applies to questions 1 and 2 - in that it is not necessary that there must have been actual protest activity for the university/police to actually have held relevant meetings, for instance to discuss the threat of such activity.

Could I ask for further clarity on these responses as w ell please?

Thank you,
Liberty Investigates

Dear FOI Team,
For the avoidance of doubt - are you saying that no meetings have been held with police which fall under the scope of questions 1 and 2 of my request?
Yours sincerely,
Harriet Clugston