Tag: Schools
Keeping Children Safe in Education – Guidance from the Department for Education
The Department for Education has recently published the updated 2022 ‘Keeping children safe in education’ statutory guidance for schools and colleges in England. Discover more about what is included, here.
23rd May 2022
Supporting Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 – Advice from SWGfL and our Helplines
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, focusing on loneliness. Here, we provide guidance and resources to support professionals or the young people in their care, throughout and beyond the week.
12th May 2022
ProjectEVOLVE launches School Account Analysis Dashboard and more new features!
ProjectEVOLVE are pleased to have launched a variety of new updates! In this article we take you through each update and how they can support new and existing users.
25th April 2022
Age Verification
The online safety bill is enforcing age verification technologies on Pornography Websites. In this article Ken Corish takes an in-depth look at this, age verification challenges, its history and the solutions that are making age verification processes, easier to enforce and manage.
22nd April 2022
ProjectEVOLVE Launches Evaluation Report
ProjectEVOLVE has now launched a new report that analyses data and findings from the schools and professionals who use it. Find out more in our article.
1st April 2022
Have You Heard About Report Harmful Content?
We’re calling for your help to answer this questionnaire about the platform Report Harmful Content and to share your experiences of harmful content online.
25th November 2021
Mimecast Offer Essential Cyber Training to Schools
SWGfL are proud to offer cyber security training from Mimecast to support staff in identifying common cyber-attacks whilst raising awareness about protecting and improving defences. Find out about human error and what schools can do to protect themselves.
6th July 2021
How Can Schools Support Parents With Remote Learning?
Carmel from the POSH helpline breaks down some guidance for schools to support parents with remote learning.
2nd February 2021
New Range of 360 Tools is Launched
We have now launched the online safety self- review tool 360Groups and 360EarlyYears. Find out what new features they have and what changes are coming!
16th November 2020
Ransomware – How to Protect Your School
With ransomware constantly posing a threat to the education sector, we have teamed up with Phoenix and Trend Micro to bring you the latest information regarding your schools’ cyber-security.
22nd October 2020
360 Degree Safe Report - Findings Breakdown
Finding the 'State of the Nation' report hard going? Here, we break down the key findings of what was uncovered.
12th March 2020
Christmas is a time for sharing - make sure it's with consent
With a string of high-production-value nativity performances upcoming, have you considered the implications of photographing your leading star's performance?
27th November 2019
Top tips to set up a whole-school strategy to hack online hate
Tackling online hate speech with young people ideally goes beyond the classroom, as part of a collaborative effort involving many different education stakeholders.
2nd October 2019
The Evolution of Digital Literacy
The replacement of SWGfL’s current Digital Literacy Curriculum resource with its comprehensive and innovative programme ProjectEVOLVE, due for release in mid-Autumn 2019.
10th September 2019
Announcing the SWGfL Online Safety Podcast
A podcast discussing the latest news, trends, and concepts in online safety. Featuring a range of hosts, expert guests, and tonnes of useful advice, the SWGfL podcast is your one-stop-shop for all things online safety.
9th September 2019
Online Safety for NQTs – The Ultimate Starter Pack
Fresh from teacher training, you're ready to take on your first year of teaching... But have you thought about how you'll teach online safety? Don't panic - we've got everything you'll need.
29th August 2019