A 'secret' information sharing agreement between a college and universities was set up after the Arena attack
manchestereveningnews.co.ukthe Guardian the agreement had not yet been used by the college and that no students had been flagged to any other college or university.
A spokesperson for the college said: "The Manchester College worked in close collaboration with other further and higher education providers across Greater Manchester on the protocol for sharing information in limited circumstances about vulnerable students, who may be progressing from further to higher education."As such, it falls under the umbrella of the safeguarding duty that we have to all of our students."The protocol has strict privacy controls in place and was referred to the Information Commissioner’s Office before it was implemented."It has not been utilised by the Manchester College to date and.
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