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Educating Young People on Sexting and Online Safety
According to The UK Council for Child Internet Safety, the prevalence of children engaging in creating and sharing indecent images of themselves is a growing concern. In this video, Herabans Kaur from The Queen Mary University discusses the action of Spite for Schools, a community project that educates students on the issue and illegality of distributing intimate images through a holistic approach.
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Building Confidence in Adult Learners with English as a Second Language
7.1% of people stated they did not speak English as their main language in the 2021 UK Census. In this video Hilda Koon, the Assistant Principal at Manchester College discusses the ESOL curriculum they have in place in the college and the benefits of a holistic curriculum for improving career opportunities.
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Outlining the Long-term Effects of Image-based Abuse and its Impact on Victim’s Lives
Between 2020 and 2022, over 60,000 pieces of sexual content were reported to the Revenge Porn Helpline. In this video Folami Prehaye, Founder of Victims of Image Based Crime shares her own experiences of image based abuse and highlights both long and short term impacts on victims to illustrate how organisations can provide trauma-informed support.
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Building Confidence in Newly Qualified Teachers to Manage Difficult Behaviour
Managing difficult behaviour is often one of the main challenges that newly qualified teachers face in schools. In this video, Dr Kulvarn Atwal, Headteacher of Highlands Primary School in East London, discusses how early career teachers can build their confidence through a whole school approach to behaviour, ensuring both excellence and consistency of practice in their classrooms.
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Improving Student Experience with Student Engagement Surveys
34% of students who consider leaving higher education have attributed mental health as a primary reason for leaving university. Dr Laura Brassington, Policy Manager at the Higher Education Policy Institute discusses some of the recent findings from the Student Academic Experience Survey and how this data can be used to improve student access to mental health services and reduce barriers to all groups entering higher education.
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Investing in Women to Reduce the National STEM Skills Shortage
Women make up only 24% of the STEM workforce, demonstrating a clear gender gap in STEM fields. In this video, Amanda Solloway MP, Former Minister for Science, Research and Innovation in the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, discusses the importance of encouraging young women to become involved in STEM within educational settings and the workplace.
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Recent Updates to Degree Apprenticeships Policies
Degree-level apprenticeships only represented 12.4% of all apprenticeship starts between 2021 and 2022. In this video, Joanna Moonan, Deputy Director at the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education shares some of the recent policy updates regarding degree apprenticeships and what this means for the implementation of them across universities.
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Tools and Research to Support Teacher Workload and Wellbeing
68% of teaching staff said their workload was not manageable in a recent survey conducted by TES. Dr Joana Cardim-Dias, Senior Researcher at the Education Policy Institute discusses recent research, highlighting practical insights where schools can support staff to prevent them from being overwhelmed with the workload.
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Changing the Culture to Combat Harassment in Higher Education
In 2021, full time students were more likely to experience sexual harassment than any other occupation type. Sarah Bevan is Policy Advisor for Universities UK, she discusses the impacts of sexual and racial harassment at university, on both the student and their studies, highlighting the need for a culture change to improve support for those who have experienced harassment.
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