Human Resources Division

Policy Statement

The University aims to adopt the highest possible standards and take all reasonable steps in relation to the safety and welfare of children and vulnerable adults. The University encounters children and vulnerable adults through its teaching and research activities as well as through its outreach programmes.

This policy does not seek to discourage such activities. Instead, this policy seeks to support these activities and to offer assurances to both staff and visitors that through its implementation, the University seeks to protect children and vulnerable adults and to keep them safe from harm when in contact with University staff or students (whether acting in a paid or unpaid capacity).

(Children are those under the age of 18 years. The University views a vulnerable adult as a person aged 18 or over who has one of more of the following conditions: (a) a learning or physical disability; or (b) a physical or mental illness, chronic or otherwise, including an addiction to alcohol or drugs; or (c) a reduction in physical or mental capacity.)