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Honour of Kings uses facial recognition to check ages
One of China's most popular video games is testing the use of facial recognition to check users' ages.
Story from: BBC
01 Oct 2018
New data reveals that one out of three teens is bullied worldwide
Almost one-third of young teens worldwide have recently experienced bullying, according to data released for the first time by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), which is the official data source for the Sustainable Development Goal on education.
Story from: UNESCO
01 Oct 2018
FGM cutters 'being flown into UK to mutilate girls to order', survivor warns
Hoda Ali, an FGM survivor and activist who works in safeguarding in Ealing in west London, said families were paying for the practice in the UK as well as taking children abroad.
Story from: Independent
30 Sep 2018
Why social media can be damaging for young people
There should be official guidelines about how social media is used by children amid fears over how it impacts their mental health, says the Health and Social Care Secretary.
Story from: Sky News
30 Sep 2018
Drug gangs 'target excluded pupils'
Home Office study reportedly finds that gangs are grooming young people who are in pupil referral units
Story from: TES
30 Sep 2018
Schools must feature anti-racist messages across the curriculum, MSP says
The need for anti-racist education in schools is becoming more urgent than ever, teachers’ leaders have insisted.
Story from: ITV News
29 Sep 2018
Genuine bullying in the staffroom is still very, very rare
Many schools are terrible places to work, but that doesn’t necessarily mean teachers are being bullied
Story from: TES
29 Sep 2018
Ofsted's blog: Safeguarding is about culture, not box-ticking
Emma Ing, Her Majesty’s inspector and Ofsted’s regional director for the East Midlands, asks: what is safeguarding?
Story from: TES
28 Sep 2018
Can Facebook and Twitter exist without fake news and trolling?
The dark side of social media might just be intrinsic to the format.
Story from: Tech Radar
27 Sep 2018
Do you know what your students are doing online?
With cybercrime on the rise, schools need to help students satisfy their online curiosity in safe, controlled environments
Story from: TES
27 Sep 2018
'Want to tackle mental health? Ditch your phone'
Parents may be contributing to children's mental health issues because they are phone-obsessed, says Natasha Devon
Story from: TES
26 Sep 2018
Almost half of British girls have witnessed bullying about periods, study finds
Polling company YouGov found nearly half (43 per cent) of girls said boys tease or joke about periods – with 40 per cent of this teasing taking place in lessons under the noses of teachers. The Independent reports.
Story from: Schools Improvement Net
25 Sep 2018
Why is there still workplace bullying in teaching?
Workplace bullying is driving teachers out of the classroom for good – we must trade toxic environments for supportive ones
Story from: TES
23 Sep 2018
Calls for more guidance for schools on handling sexual image sharing
Schools need more robust guidance on how to respond to abuse through sexual image sharing, a study suggests.
Story from: ITV News
20 Sep 2018
Do pupils really need phones in school?
WHETHER or not pupils should be allowed smart phones in school is quite a thorny topic currently.
Story from: The Bolton News
20 Sep 2018
Breck Bednar murder: Film warning of online grooming launched
A film telling the "absolutely horrific" story of how a 14-year-old boy was lured to his death by a man he met online has been launched.
Story from: BBC
19 Sep 2018
Childline Relaunch #ListenToYourSelfie
Childline, a free and confidential counselling service for young people run by the NSPCC, has relaunched its #ListenToYourSelfie campaign to reduce peer-on-peer sexual abuse and encourage teenagers who have been sexually abused by their peers to speak out.
Story from: Happiful Magazine
19 Sep 2018
Almost half of UK internet users 'harmed' online
The harms include bullying and harassment as well as attacks by malware or cyber-thieves. The study by regulator Ofcom sought to quantify the type and severity of harm that going online could do to people.
Story from: BBC
18 Sep 2018
Criminal Exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: County Lines guidance
Guidance for frontline professionals on dealing with county lines, part of the government’s approach to ending gang violence and exploitation.
Story from: Home Office
17 Sep 2018
Ofcom to push for regulation of social networks
Tech companies such as Facebook and Google could be regulated in the same way as the mobile phone and broadband industry, the head of media regulator Ofcom was expected to say on Tuesday.
Story from: The Guardian
17 Sep 2018
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