Schools and colleges can assess their own level of e-safety using this online tool.
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Safeguarding is a crucial and influential part of the college inspection and review process. This will include the e-safety of learners.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre delivers a multi-agency service dedicated to tackling the exploitation of children.
Becta work mainly with the Government departments within DCSF (Department for Children Schools and Families) and BIS (Business innovation and Skills). Becta provides guidance for schools and colleges on keeping learners e-safe.
The ICO site offers guidance on data protection and how to keep personal information safe.
JISC Legal's Jason Miles-Campbell presented "Five Top Copyright Law Tips for Colleges and Universities" as part of RSC Scotland South & West's RSCtv programme on Tuesday, 9 March 2010..
Under new Government proposals the amount of fees that solicitors can charge for successful libel cases on a no-win, no-fee basis will dramatically be reduced from April this year.
The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has issued its opinion on the concepts of the terms 'controller' and 'processor.'
Every single YouTube video with English language audio can now support captioning created by speech recognition software thus improving the sites accessibility for videos.
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