The problem with Prevent: ‘If I was a good terrorist, I wouldn’t let people know that I was a terrorist’

4th August 2025Nicole Lees, Lecturer, University of Cumbria

Prevent training – particularly the duty-to-refer protocol – as part of the UK’s anti-terrorism provision does not serve its purpose; a study at one university in England identified issues faced by those lecturers currently charged with the responsibility to implement it, explains Nicole Lees, a Lecturer in Security, Intelligence and Investigative Practice at the University of Cumbria.

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The problem with Prevent: ‘If I was a good terrorist, I wouldn’t let people know that I was a terrorist’

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