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Teacher and advisor communications privacy notice

The University has a public duty to work closely with schools and colleges to improve access and participation to higher education and raise the attainment young people and use teacher and advisor contact details to organise and promote activities and events for schools. We collect different types of data for a range of reasons.

To organise events and activities

We ask for your name and contact details, role, school and any access or dietary needs you have to for you and your students. We will add your contact details to our contact database (unless you have previously opted out) to keep you informed of other useful opportunities for you or your students, all other information will be deleted following the event. If you no longer wish to receive any communications from us you can update your preferences at any time.

We will keep a record of your school and which activities you participated in to evaluate the impact of our programme for up to three years, but you will not be identified in this record. 

To build relationships with schools and to send you information about our events and activities

We contact teachers and advisors by phone or email to discuss how the University of Leeds can work with your school and to provide information on opportunities we feel will be of value to you and your students. We collect information:

  • from you when you sign up to one of our activities
  • from your school website
  • from school staff who pass us your details
  • from students when they fill out an application form to participate in one our activities. 

If we add you to our database as a result of collecting your information we will email you to inform you of this and you will have the option to unsubscribe from all communications. 

You can unsubscribe or update your preferences at any time 

To send you subject-specific newsletters

We send regular subject-specific newsletters to teachers who have signed up. We only do this with your permission when you complete our mailing list sign up form. On the sign up form we will ask you to provide your name, contact details, school, role and areas of interest so that we can send you relevant information based on the preferences you give us.

Improving what we offer

We may invite you to take part in evaluation surveys or focus groups to help us to improve the service that we offer to schools and colleges. To do this we will ask you for your name and contact details, your role and school, your areas of interest and your opinions on a range of things such as education and opportunities for young people. 

How long we keep your details

We will keep your contact details indefinitely however you can unsubscribe or update your preferences at any time. 

Please note: if your email address bounces and we believe it is no longer active your records will be deleted from our system.