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25 August 2020 Becca Cawthorne

25 ideas for embedding online safety throughout your curriculum

With the full time return of Scottish schools and schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland due in September, our…

20 August 2020 Andy Robinson

SWGfL to Launch New Versions of Online Safety Review Tool

Our partners at SWGfL have re-developed the online self-review tool Online Compass and will be releasing new and more focused…

13 August 2020 Andy Robinson

SWGfL Release Blended Learning Resource

Our partners at SWGfL have released a new resource about Blended Learning which will help schools prepare for the new…

7 August 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Looking at the impact the Childnet Digital Leaders Programme has

This blog looks at the impact of the Digital Leaders Programme on young people’s online behaviours, confidence, knowledge and wellbeing as well as…

6 August 2020 Andy Robinson

UKSIC Helplines – Impact of COVID-19

What impact did lockdown have on our helplines? What trends were seen and how did things change? You can read…

30 July 2020 Andy Robinson

Microsoft Teams – A Guide for Professionals

Here we highlight some of the many features and benefits available on Microsoft Teams whilst showing you how to stay safe…

30 July 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Watch online safety films created by young people

During lockdown over 130 young people across the UK got creative and made short films to inspire their peers to…

23 July 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Help your children to have a safe and happy time online this summer holiday

Children and young people across the UK are getting ready to have more free time as the summer holidays get…

22 July 2020 Angela Munoz Aroca

Safer Internet Centre takes over Secretariat of APPG on Social Media

Social media has enormous potential for good, but we must be “alive” to the potential dangers as more and more…

21 July 2020 Andy Robinson

New Online Resilience Tool Launched for Professionals

The Professionals Online Safety helpline (POSH) has teamed up with HeadStart Kernow to help create a new Online Resilience Tool.

17 July 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Advice for schools on responding to online challenges

It has come to our attention that reports about online suicide games have been circulating again recently. Our advice on this topic…

14 July 2020 Andy Robinson

Online Tutoring – Safeguarding Considerations for Schools

Our partners at SWGfL have put together a helpful resource to outline the key things to remember when it comes…