This book draws on primary research to present a critical overview of debates about UK university campuses as a location for radicalisation and the impact of counter-radicalisation policies. It provides a historical overview and a contemporary assessment of radicalisation in Universities and covers teaching, student and governance aspects of HE.

Front Cover -- Radicalisation and Counter-Radicalisation in Higher Education -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Structure and Contribution -- Chapter 2 Radicalisation: Debate and Policy -- The Age of New Terrorism -- The Genesis of Radicalisation -- Radicalisation and Its Critics -- Prevent Under New Labour (2003-2010) -- Prevent Under the Coalition and the Conservatives -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Universities,Terrorism and Radicalisation -- Universities and 'Radicalisation': The 1960s Generation -- From Civil Rights to Civil War: Students and the Northern Ireland Conflict -- All Quiet(ist) on the Western Front? The Origins of Islamist Student Activism -- University Students and (Counter)Terrorism -- Keeping up the Act: The 'Prevent Duty'and Student Vulnerability -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Radicalisation and HE governance -- Introduction -- Research Procedure and Methodology -- Academic Debate about the Prevent Duty and Universities -- Theme One: Compliance -- Theme Two: Partnership -- Theme Three: Vulnerability -- Theme Four: Values -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Radicalisation and the University Classroom -- Teaching and Learning Controversial Topics -- The Research Data and Analysis Procedure -- Results -- Theme One: The Classroom Etiquette of Controversial Topics -- Theme Two: Means,Values and Vulnerability-based Understandings of Radicalisation -- Theme Three: Counter-Radicalisation as Clumsyand Potentially Counter-Productive -- Theme Four: The Prevent Duty as Safeguarding and 'Tick Box' Managerialism -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Conclusion and Recommendations -- Counterterrorism and Effectiveness -- Recommendations -- References -- Index.