UK schools warned to take action ahead of summer crime spate
Schools across the UK are being warned to take precautions amid fears of a rise in crime over the summer holidays as cost of living soars. As many schools across the country prepare to close their doors for the summer holidays, specialist insurer Ecclesiastical says schools will be an attractive target for criminals over the […]
Places of Worship Protective Security Fund open for applications
Mosques and Muslim faith schools have been given access to £24.5 million for security measures to protect their places of worship and schools. Research indicates Muslims continue to experience an increased threat of hate crime: in 2020/2021, 45% of religious hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales were targeted against Muslims. The […]
GUEST BLOG: Body cameras in UK classrooms
By 2020 Vision A Times Education Supplement (TES) report has outlined plans for teachers at two UK schools to participate in a trial whereby they will wear body cameras in the classroom. Both unnamed schools are currently researching early ideas into how the technology will operate, though one strategy is that the teachers involved in […]
Guest Blog, Pascal Geenens: The rise in students hacking school databases…
You might be surprised at who is behind the most recent cases of cyber-attacks on schools. Would you guess that in many instances, it’s the students themselves? There are many reasons why students would want to launch an attack against their own school, and it’s actually becoming a larger problem across the globe with cases […]
