Posted on Fri 7 Feb, 2025 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
Tackling extremism and social division presents a significant challenge for Further Education (FE) and Skills leaders and educators. From far-right violence to religious extremism and extreme misogyny, the factors driving different forms of extremism are many and complex. Palvinder Singh, Principal at Kirklees College, and Dr Vikki Smith, Executive Director, Education and Standards, at the […]
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Posted on Thu 15 Feb, 2024 | Category Leadership
Clair Cooke, Director of Meliora Safeguarding and Wellbeing Limited, considers the complexities of decision making around safeguarding for leaders, how Social Graces impact on decisions, what can be done to tackle unconscious bias, and the importance of professional curiosity.
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Posted on Wed 28 Jun, 2023 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
ETF Associate Selina Stewart explores how events in recent years have changed the world and influenced how some learners’ perspectives on British values may have changed as a result, asking what opportunities these evolving attitudes present for learning.
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Posted on Wed 28 Jun, 2023 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
Polly Harrow reflects on 20 years combatting radicalisation in FE and her experience of two particular students, and considers what practitioners can learn from the interventions she has been involved in.
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Posted on Tue 25 Oct, 2022 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
Joel Thomas, of IBM’s award-winning Foundation UK Programme, shares his experience of IBM’s Prevent journey, explaining his vision, the challenges he has encountered, and the role ETF and other support has played. He also looks at the progress made so far and reflects on the lessons he and his team have learned.
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Posted on Tue 23 Aug, 2022 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
ETF Associate Selina Stewart considers the integration of British values into teaching and learning in adult learning, offering examples of how the subject can be included in a meaningful way for this audience.
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Posted on Tue 9 Aug, 2022 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
ETF Associate Selina Stewart looks at recent developments in conspiracy theories and the role of educators in helping learners to evaluate them.
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Posted on Tue 5 Jul, 2022 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
Education and Training Foundation National Head of Safeguarding and Prevent Isabelle King looks at the changes in the new version of the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance and what they mean for the Further Education and Training sector.
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Posted on Tue 8 Feb, 2022 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
ETF Associate Polly Harrow looks at the development of the Designated Safeguarding Lead role, arguing that it deserves resourcing, professionalising and supporting in a way which reflects the huge commitment and specialist skillset the job demands.
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Posted on Fri 30 Jul, 2021 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
In a new blog for the Education and Training Foundation website, Associate Polly Harrow looks at the effect of exclusions on the education of students, the impact in FE, and what being excluded can mean for a learner’s longer-term prospects.
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Posted on Mon 5 Jul, 2021 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
In the fifth of a series of blogs for the Education and Training Foundation website, ETF Associate Polly harrow considers the role of restorative practice in Further Education.
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Posted on Thu 17 Jun, 2021 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
ETF Associate Polly Harrow considers the meaning of ‘resilience’ and how to apply it in the FE and Training sector, looking at why it is important and how it is developed in young people.
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Posted on Tue 8 Jun, 2021 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
ETF Associate Polly Harrow considers trauma aware practice, looking at the neuroscience that underpins our understanding, the impact of trauma and adverse childhood experiences on teenage brain development, and the importance of the Emotional Available Adult.
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Posted on Tue 1 Jun, 2021 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
ETF Associate Polly Harrow considers what the term ‘vulnerable’ means and how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted on the way vulnerable learners are thought about.
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Posted on Fri 7 May, 2021 | Category Safeguarding and Prevent
ETF Associate Polly Harrow looks at the impact of Covid-19 and the restrictions it has prompted and considers their impact on safeguarding and the issues that must be addressed as learners return to face-to-face learning and a ‘new normal’ is established.
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