Upcoming Events
Tackling Harassment in Higher Education Conference
23/09/2025
From 1st August 2025, all universities and colleges will be required to meet a new condition of registration on harassment and sexual misconduct. Now is the time for higher education institutions to update their policies and processes to better protect students and deal with incidents effectively. Following the introduction of the new OfS condition, join Westminster Insight’s Tackling Harassment in Higher Education Conference to ensure you are meeting the requirements.
ISTRuctE, London From £250.00
Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour Digital Conference
30/09/2025
Cracking down on anti-social behaviour (ASB) in communities is a key priority. Join this timely, half-day conference to discuss the next steps for preventing and tackling ASB across the country. The Crime and Policing Bill, currently making its way through Parliament, is set to introduce major provisions to help stamp out anti-social behaviour and deal with perpetrators, including new Respect Orders.
From £279.00
Webinar: Children Facing Sexual Allegations
30/09/2025
Allegations of sexual offences present unique and complex challenges for children accused of them. The stigma and potential for a lasting criminal record can have life-long consequences. Paradoxically, some of the very laws intended to protect children from exploitation by adults are now being applied to prosecute children themselves.
£15.00
School Attendance Digital Conference
22/10/2025
The evidence is clear that every day at school counts. School absence was at 7.1% last academic year, a reduction from 7.4% in 2022/23, but still significantly higher than pre-pandemic rates (4.7% in 2018/19). Particularly concerning is that one in five children are now persistently absent (missing more than 10% of school days) and severe absence (missing more than half of school) has more than doubled since the pandemic.
From £279.00
Tackling County Lines Digital Conference
02/12/2025
With an estimated 14,500 children at risk or involved in county lines criminal exploitation, the urgency to act has never been greater. Chaired by Steph Roberts-Bibby, Chief Executive of the Youth Justice Board, Westminster Insight’s timely Tackling County Lines online conference will explore the latest developments in policy, prevention, and protection.
From £279.00
Work experience 2025
12/05/2024: Revised Mental Capacity Act (MCA) code of practice ‘still under discussion’ two years after consultation on changes
Care minister declines to commit to publishing update to 17-year-old code before next election, saying ministers are still discussing potential changes, despite consultation on revisions ending in July 2022
11/05/2024: Black market dealers selling puberty blocker drugs to British teenagers who are cheating ban
Teenagers convinced they are the wrong gender are breaking an NHS ban on puberty blocker drugs by buying them online from foreign dealers.
11/05/2024: Michael Gove admits ‘regret’ over rise in children in temporary housing
Data shows 112,000 households in temporary housing in England on 31 December 2023, a 12.1% rise on the previous year.
11/05/2024: Smoking ban: Why are young people still taking up smoking?
The government is planning one of the toughest smoking laws in the world, which would effectively ban it.
10/05/2024: Child abuse inquiry chair calls new ‘duty to report’ law deeply disappointing
Alexis Jay calls UK government’s legislation ‘fudge’ as abuse survivors attack it as ‘worse than useless’.
10/05/2024: Pupils miss classes as school cyber attacks rise
Cancelled lessons and snaking lunchtime queues are among the ways pupils are being affected by an increasing number of cyber attacks on schools.
10/05/2024: Longfield calls for schools to be at the centre of new Sure Start proposals
Former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield’s new think tank is leading calls for schools to become central hubs for a new iteration of Sure Start which would support all young people.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
09/05/2024: Support for SEND children turning 18 is ‘profoundly inadequate’, report warns
Problems in support for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being ‘exacerbated by a profoundly inadequate system’ of help as they become adults, according to campaigners.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
09/05/2024: ADCS president: Government needs cross-departmental plan for children
The government must come up with a ‘coherent plan for children’ across all departments with responsibility for services affecting young people, the president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has said.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
09/05/2024: Tech firms told to hide ‘toxic’ content from children
Ofcom has warned social media sites they could be named and shamed – and banned for under-18s – if they fail to comply with new online safety rules.
09/05/2024: Can we really ‘reset the internet’ to make it safer for children?
‚ÄúA major reset of the internet to make it much safer‚Äù is how Ofcom’s Gill Whitehead described the communications watchdog’s child safety announcements to me.
09/05/2024: Parents’ dismay at ‘draconian’ uniform rules
Some children returning from the summer break are facing isolation or being sent home over school uniform rules, which parents have described as “draconian”.