Colleagues,
I have been approached by the local police who are
concerned that students registered with them (i.e. visa nationals) are not
keeping them informed of changes of address, as they are required to. The police
want the University to confirm the continued registration of certain
students/groups of students, and to confirm their current address as the police
have it, or supply the new one if it has changed.
The legal obligation to notify police of
changes is actually with the student - but this was presented as an attempt to
ensure that correct information is held by the police for the students' own
benefit/safety, given international events. The example was given of having to
contact a group of muslim students if it was known that they were going to be
targeted for abuse/attack.
While we don't want to be unnecessarily
unco-operative, there is a great deal of uneasiness about this. Has anyone else
had similar requests? Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks
Jayne
Jayne Hornsby
Assistant Registrar, Student
Records Office
The Registry
University of Kent at
Canterbury
Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NZ
Tel: 01227 764000
Fax: 01227
827101
