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SUMMARY:Disconnected? Tech and wellbeing in boarding
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £99\n🎧 Heads\, Deputy and Assistant Headteachers\, Boarding staff\, Pastoral staff\, senior leaders\, School nurses\, matrons\n📍 Online \n\nCourse content: \nDisconnected? Tech and Wellbeing in Boarding explores the complex relationship between young people\, technology\, and wellbeing in modern boarding environments. Bringing together expert insights\, current research\, and student perspectives\, the conference will examine how digital life is shaping adolescent development\, relationships\, and mental health. \nFrom understanding the evolving digital landscape and the rise of AI companions\, to supporting students in maintaining a healthy balance online\, sessions will provide practical strategies for schools to respond effectively. The programme also creates space to hear directly from pupils\, offering valuable\, real-world insight into their experiences. \nThis conference aims to equip boarding staff with the knowledge\, confidence\, and tools to support students in navigating an increasingly connected world while safeguarding their wellbeing \nBOOK NOW \n\nPROGRAMME \n10:00 – 10:30 \nRegistration and refreshments \n10:30 – 11:30 \nSession one – The digital space: understanding and responding to current online harms \nThis session will provide an overview of young people’s current online experiences\, with a focus on emerging online harms\, including the impacts of AI technology. Sharing findings from the latest research from the UK Safer Internet Centre\, plus insights and youth voice from Childnet’s work directly with young people\, expect to hear about issues such as AI chatbots\, deepfakes\, personalised algorithms and online sexual extortion. The session will also explore: \n\nkey digital safeguarding priorities for all education settings\npractical resources to support with preventative education\nsignposting to further reading\, guidance for schools and support services\n\nSpeaker: Amy Lockwood\, Education Manager\, Childnet International  \n11:30 -12:30 \nSession two – More Than a Chatbot: Understanding  AI Companions in  Teenage Lives  \nThis session explores the latest UK research on how young people are using AI chatbots for friendships\, relationships and emotional support.  The benefits and risks for adolescent development\, and practical steps schools can take ahead of updated ISI expectations in September 2026 \nSpeaker: Alicia Drummond\, Founder of Teen Tips Ltd \n12:30 – 13:30 \nNetworking Lunch \n13:30 – 14:30 \nSession three – The Digital Balancing Act – Protecting adolescent mental health in an online world  \nKasia will share findings from the DIORA study\, part of the UKRI-funded Digital Youth programme. This research looked at how different online activities can affect young people’s mental health\, identifying which ones may increase risk and why. She will also explore how aware young people are of the impact of their online experiences on mental health\, and what they can do to stay well online\, highlighting Digital Balance animations designed to help them better understand and navigate the digital world. \nSpeaker: Kasia Kostyrka-Allchorne\, Developmental Psychologist \n14:30 – 15:15 \nSession four – Student Voices: Navigating Technology and Wellbeing in Boarding  \nSpeaker – Pupil Panel \n15:15 – 15:30 \nRefreshments \n15:30 – 16:15 \nSession five – AI & Optimism: Reclaiming the Human Element in Boarding\n \nAI is shifting the ground beneath our feet\, but it doesn’t have to erode our values. In this forward-thinking session\, Tom Wade tackles the anxieties surrounding artificial intelligence head-on. Discover why this technological shift is actually a golden opportunity to double down on pastoral care\, authentic engagement\, and the uniquely human heart of the boarding experience. \nSpeaker – Tom Wade\, Director of Digital Innovation and Enterprise\, Haileybury \n16:15 \nConference Close \n\nSpeakers: \nAlicia Drummond\, Founder of Teen Tips Ltd \nAlicia is passionate about providing evidence-based support to parents\, teachers\, and those caring for young people\, helping them take a proactive approach to mental health and wellbeing. She works directly with young people\, empowering them to manage their own wellbeing\, and draws on research from psychotherapy\, psychology\, and neuroscience alongside her experience as an adolescent therapist. \nA BACP-accredited therapist\, parenting expert\, and keynote speaker\, Alicia has worked with schools across the UK for over a decade. She is the founder of the award-winning Wellbeing Hub\, now supporting over 130\,000 pupils across more than 220 schools. \n\n \nKasia Kostyrka-Allchorne\, Developmental Psychologist \nKasia Kostyrka-Allchorne is a developmental psychologist whose research focuses on risks and opportunities of growing up in a digital world. She researches how online experiences impact children’s and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Her work is defined by strong cross-sector collaborations with academic partners\, the NHS\, and educators\, and by a commitment to co-production and embedding lived experience perspectives from parents and young people throughout the research process. Her research has informed guidance from the British Psychological Society\, the Canadian Paediatric Society\, and the World Health Organisation\, demonstrating her commitment to delivering impactful\, policy-relevant research. \n\nDavid Walker\, FTIOB\, Executive Director\, Boarding & Education and Director\, BSA/TIOB \nDavid is the Executive Director\, Boarding and Director BSA/TIOB  and joined the BSA group in August 2023. He has over 20 years’ experience in boarding schools and has worked in a range of schools in the UK and Africa\, alongside being a prep school governor and a trustee of a MAT. Before taking up his post at the BSA\, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-ed independent school in the South-East. \n  \n\nAmy Lockwood\, Education Manager at Childnet International  \nAmy is the Education Manager at Childnet International\, a children’s charity working to make the internet a great and safe place for children and young people. Amy came to Childnet from a background in teaching and has been part of the team for 8 years. Amy’s focus is on giving educators and professionals confidence in talking about the online world\, whilst amplifying youth voice in this space. Amy is working to ensure children and young people have agency in tackling online issues at home\, at school\, in their communities and at a policy level. Amy leads a team who work directly with 20\,000 children a year and produces the educational materials for the national Safer Internet Day campaign\, alongside a range of other resources supporting parents\, carers\, educators and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. \n\nTom Wade\, Director of Digital Innovation and Enterprise\, Haileybury \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Wade is Director of Digital Innovation and Enterprise at Haileybury and a member of the Executive Leadership Team\, with 17 years’ teaching experience across independent and state sectors. His “intent first\, then pedagogy\, then tools” approach has driven the development of an AI curriculum and supported the school’s recognition as a Google Reference School\, Apple Distinguished School\, and AI Gold Quality mark holder. A Google Innovator and Ed Leader Fellow\, Tom is a regular speaker at conferences including ISTE and BETT. He is passionate about ethical innovation\, safeguarding\, and equipping students with future-ready skills.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/disconnected-tech-and-wellbeing-in-boarding/
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SUMMARY:Developing Strategy
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £175\n🎧 School Governors\n📍 Online \n\nCourse outline: \nThis seminar has been designed to support Governors in their understanding and development of the role\, and in formulating and shaping school strategy. The day will cover articulating strategy\, tools for development\, documents\, planning and aligning with the Senior Team within the school as well as considering an international strategy. Consideration will be given to what the role of Governors should be in strategic planning and how to develop a genuine strategy which is grounded in reality.  \nThe seminar will be delivered by senior staff from both AGBIS and BSA Group\, drawing on extensive experience in supporting members in development\, strategy and the role of Governors. The day will draw on case studies from both associations and delegates will leave with actionable recommendations to take back to their schools.  \nTraining topics will include: \n\nWhat is strategy?\nIdentifying and setting your school’s strategy\nInternational strategy\nGovernance and management\nStrategic planning for Governors\nExternal factors.\n\nLearning outcomes \n\nRecommended strategic models to apply to your school\nAdvice on approaching international strategy\nBest practice recommendations for ensuring good governance and strategic partnership with SLT\nIncreased awareness of the latest external factors to consider when planning school strategy.\n\nBOOK NOW \nThis event will be held jointly with:
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/developing-strategy/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This event will NOT be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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