What do you meme? Understanding young people online

🏷️ From £175
🎧 Safeguarding leads, pastoral leads, deputy heads, boarding staff
📍 Online

Course outline:

In today’s digital age, boarding staff and education professionals need to stay connected with students’ online lives. Unsure how to keep up with fast-changing internet trends and digital culture? This webinar is here to help!

Join us for an up-to-the-minute session where you’ll explore how children and young people use digital spaces daily, as well as the emerging language, behaviours and social expecations they are navigating. You’ll gain practical strategies to connect authentically with students by understanding their online world, boosting your confidence to support their digital wellbeing and safety.

Learning outcomes:

• Insightful understanding of children and young people’s online worlds
• Deeper awareness of how digital trends impact their lives
• Greater confidence engaging with young people around digital wellbeing and safety.

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Speaker:

Karl Hopwood, SACPA Chair

Karl Hopwood is an independent online safety expert and member of the UK Council for Internet Safety (UKCIS), where he sits on several working groups. He serves on the advisory board of the UK Safer Internet Centre and the Roblox Trust and Safety board, and has advised TikTok on harmful challenges. Karl works closely with Internet Matters, Ofcom, and schools across Europe to promote digital literacy and safer online behaviours. A former headteacher, he has consulted for INSAFE for 19 years, coordinating helplines and awareness centres. He currently chairs Childnet International and SACPA, and previously chaired the Marie Collins Foundation.