e-safety

In this post I refer to the beat bobby: not online crime investigators, high tech crime units, serious and organised crime or any other specialised unit.  The everyday Police officer that we all see racing around the streets on blues and twos.  For simplicity this also refers Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPT) and to Police Community […]

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Online safety goes from strength to strength with some great initiatives coming out.  One of these initiatives was launched on 7th Feb 2012, Safer Internet Day, known as the eSafety Label. This is an online safety support and accreditation system for schools throughout Europe. The idea behind this is great, and has been a long

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Although I and many readers of this blog are from the UK, it is always interesting to keep up with what is going on overseas, particularly Europe, USA and Canada.  Invariably what happens over there tends to affect us in one way or another.   There is quite a lot of debate going on in

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Updated 24th August 2012 As of this new curriculum year Ofsted have put a much greater emphasis on e-safety which puts greater pressure on schools (as if you needed more pressure!).  You can find their full list of new inspections HERE which includes e-safety. Generally speaking, it is “the school’s ability to protect and educate

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With the fantastic Safer Internet Day 2012 over once again there is now another 12 months in which to prepare for the next time.  But  I think a little time should be devoted to some reflection on the buildup to the day and the day itself. Around the world in over 70 countries schools, agencies

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