Event Calendar

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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D&C News

Work experience 2025

Work Experience 2025 So brings to an end another successful year of work experience across Devon and Cornwall. With five weeks of programmes run across the force and approximately a hundred year 10 students taking part, this has been our largest experience yet. With applications having been open since September,...
National News

06/04/2024: Boys asking teachers how to choke girls during sex

Boys as young as 14 have been asking their teachers how to choke girls during sex, a teacher has told the BBC.

(Source: BBC News)

05/04/2024: Support positive masculinity in England and Wales schools, union conference told

Boys and young men need guidance, not punishment, to avoid ‘manosphere’, teacher tells NEU.

(Source: Guardian)

05/04/2024: Teachers’ union leader calls for inquiry into misogyny among young men in UK

Daniel Kebede accuses government of failing to tackle issue of sexism and its spread online among children.

(Source: Guardian)

04/04/2024: Partnership project aims to improve evaluation of family group conferences

A new partnership project aims to better understand the data that local authorities are collecting on the use of family group conferences (FGCs).

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

04/04/2024: Sibling contact events ‚’could help local authorities to improve long-term relationships’

Events designed to allow children in care to reconnect with separated siblings could help local authorities to support future meaningful contact, according to an evaluation of an early pilot programme.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

04/04/2024: School staff raise concerns over shortage of support workers for SEND pupils

Three quarters of school staff say more learning support assistants are needed for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), according to a new report.

(Source: Children and Young People Now)

04/04/2024: One in three teachers have no behaviour support for pupils with additional needs, poll finds

Long waiting lists and insufficient resources part of system that is ‘failing’ children, according to NEU members in England and Wales.

(Source: Guardian)

03/04/2024: More than half of British teenagers think their generation will be worse off than their parents, poll finds

Some teenagers surveyed in YouGov poll felt ‘hopeless’ about their future.

(Source: Daily Mail)

01/04/2024: Police investigate virtual sex assault on girl’s avatar

Police are investigating a virtual sexual assault of a girl’s avatar, the chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners has said.

(Source: BBC)

31/03/2024: UK‚ black children ‘face cultural barriers’ in accessing help for autism and ADHD

Campaigner Marsha Martin says ‘there is a lot of stigma within black community’ that prevents issues from being discussed.

(Source: Guardian)

31/03/2024: Cold, damp, unsafe: record number of UK schools refused funding for repairs

DfE allocates £450m to 826 building projects at 733 schools, a fall of almost 60% ‚Äì in terms of total projects ‚Äì compared with 2020-21

(Source: Guardian)

28/03/2024: Report Harmful Content Sees 31% Rise in Reports Over 2023

Report Harmful Content has published its latest data from 2023, giving new insights into how the service supported people across the United Kingdom to report harmful content online, whilst demonstrating the extent of harmful content individuals viewed from January to December 2023.

(Source: South West Grid for Learning)