A Miss England finalist is inspiring teenagers to stand up to cyber bullying after she became a victim herself.
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Coventry Telegraph
01 Mar 2017
The NSPCC is calling on the Government to urgently fix a flaw in the law which means grooming children before meeting them is still not illegal.
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Sunderland Echo
28 Feb 2017
Views of majority of adults in poll increases pressure on government to make sex education compulsory in schools
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The Guardian
27 Feb 2017
Ministers are taking action to tackle "unacceptable" online dangers facing children and young people by developing a new internet safety strategy, the Culture Secretary has announced.
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Express & Star
27 Feb 2017
Just two weeks after her daughter took her own life, Megan Evans’ mother Nicola shares how her daughter’s secret battle with cyber bullies drove her to commit suicide.
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This Morning
24 Feb 2017
The desire to explore and manipulate our identity is a normal process of development and underpins much of the appearance-driven behaviour that we see amongst young people.
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Internet Matters
21 Feb 2017
NSPCC says there is no start date for bringing legislation into force in England and Wales
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The Guardian
17 Feb 2017
For us as educators, we have a fundamental role to play with how we help young people to embrace this digital world in a safe and secure manner.
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Innovate my School
16 Feb 2017
The UK Safer Internet Centre have created a short survey to help them learn how schools got involved in Safer Internet Day and how they can improve the support they provide. Click to take the survey.
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UK Safer Internet Centre
14 Feb 2017
According to a recent survey of 1,325 school ICT leaders by the National Education Research Panel (NERP), UK pupils at both primary and secondary school levels now spend more than 50% of their time engaging with ICT in the classroom.
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Huffington Post
14 Feb 2017
Primary pupils at risk of extremism, but DfE advisers warn of a 'dearth' of resources and some complacency in schools
Pupils as young as 5 are being exposed to violent extremism online, teacher trainers have revealed.
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TES
13 Feb 2017
Schoolchildren in England will be offered lessons in cyber security in a bid to find the experts of the future to defend the UK from attacks.
It is hoped 5,700 pupils aged 14 and over will spend up to four hours a week on the subject in a five-year pilot.
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BBC
13 Feb 2017
To mark Safer Internet Day, Internet Matters carried out research which revealed the online habits of a six-year-olds are as digitally advanced as 10-year-olds were just three years ago.
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Internet Matters
08 Feb 2017
Between 7th and 17th February 2017 people of all ages will be experiencing a day of ‘Cyber Silence’ in support of The Breck Foundation
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The Breck Foundation
08 Feb 2017
85% of adults can’t identify some abbreviations or emojis used by children regularly.
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BT.com
08 Feb 2017
Children aged 10 to 15 worry they will be asked to do things that are illegal or that make them uncomfortable, survey finds
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TES
08 Feb 2017
Twitter has announced more changes intended to limit the amount of abuse on the network.
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BBC
07 Feb 2017
Shopping online can be fun and convenient but are you doing all you can to keep yourself and your family safe on the internet?
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Sainsbury's Bank
06 Feb 2017
There are 20,000 teachers in schools in England without any budget to train them, according to research by the Teacher Development Trust.
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BBC
06 Feb 2017
As the final series of Girls begins, its creator explains why she has to speak out about online abuse
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The Guardian
06 Feb 2017