March 2003
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Securitext links students to Security

An innovative new texting scheme has been launched to help reassure worried students with concerns for crime and safety.

Both students and staff are being given a special 'securitxt' number with direct links to the University's Security Control Room so that they can report any concerns about incidents on campus.

Left to right: Mike Habergham of the University's Security Services, Students' Union Women's Officer Kate Greenfield, and Dean of Students Adrian Pearce.

The initiative is a partnership between the University, the Students' Union, and West Yorkshire Police and follows feedback from the University's Student Satisfaction Survey, which asked how the University could improve its services to students. The scheme allows students and staff to discreetly contact security without calling attention to themselves.

Although statistics show that Bradford is safe in relation to other cities - it is ahead of places such as Manchester, Nottingham, Leeds and Hull for both robbery and vehicle crime* - the securitxt gives reassurance to students worried about crime and safety.

Dean of Students Adrian Pearce said: "This effectively provides an instant boost to the number of security phones we have within the University. The more people we get on board, the more 'security phones' we have working for us, and the more vigilant we can be."

Students and staff are advised to add a template which includes their name and any other details.

Securitxt number (campus only)

* Figures released in the 2001 Crime and Disorder Audit.

18 March 2003

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