Following on the phenomenal success of its first issue, Vodafone’s Digital Parenting magazine Issue 2 is out today for schools to order for free! The magazine is a great resource aiming to help parents feel more confident about getting involved and setting boundaries in their child’s digital world. This new issue covers the latest technologies (especially the rise of apps, games, smartphones and...

The East Midlands Specialist College group have spent the last year working on an LSIS funded project to provide age appropriate and relevant resources for adults with learning difficulties. The final outcome – a website for young people, their parents and carers and for staff was launched last week at the ALT-C conference at the University of Manchester. The site can be found here - http://www...

PhoneBrain is calling on young people aged 11-19 to enter the digital economy with a phone-paid service. This free national competition closes on Monday 17 December. Phone-paid services, including many mobile apps, are big money makers – not just for companies but for charities too. These are services that make money by charging the cost to a phone bill or phone credit. This could be anything...

Today sees the launch of five new Research Highlights from the UKCCIS Evidence Group , summarising research that covers a broad range of topics, including sexting and vulnerability online, as well as providing recommendations for policymakers about how to create a safer online environment for young people. 37: T owards a better internet for children: Findings and recommendations from EU Kids...

Esafety is one of those areas of safeguarding that never seems desperately important until things go belly-up; only then do a host of authorities appear to point out the massive gaps that you missed. The recent SCR at a North Somerset First School where a member of staff had been systematically abusing children over a period of time had technical safeguarding firmly in the spotlight, right down...