Practitioner Induction: Freedom of Information

Course objectives

Designed for new Information Practitioners, this course introduces the University's freedom of information obligations and request handling procedures. The course give participants an opportunity to formulate practical strategies for achieving freedom of information compliance in their own areas of the University. The course objectives are:

To introduce new practitioners to their role
To recognise information requests
To introduce the procedures for handling information requests
To gain an understanding of the role of exemptions
To gain an understanding of the charging regime
To be able to advise staff in your unit in the handling of information requests

Target audience

Normally this course is reserved for new practitioners or for those who have been told to take the training by the Freedom of Information Promoter of their College/Support Group. Please mention that when booking.

Prerequisites

None. However, prior to the course participants are asked to read the following:

Course duration

3 hours

To find out when this course is due to run and to book a place, see our current training timetable.

Training timetable

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