Jan 16, 2021

In this Safeguarding Podcast we review 2020's Safeguarding Podcasts with contributions from Sheila Taylor MBE, Baroness Sal Brinton, Sonya Ryan, Fred Langford, Ernie Allen, Anna Borgstrom, Lianna McDonald, Rick Lane, Professor Michael Salter, John Tanagho, Jenny Greensmith-Brennan, John Carr OBE, Susie Alegre &...

Jan 2, 2021

In this Safeguarding Podcast with neuroscientist Michiel Smit we explore Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). We discuss what it is, the impact it has on different brain structures such as the Reward Network especially within the developing adolescent brain, how addiction in general works, purposefully addictive game design...

Dec 19, 2020

In this Safeguarding Podcast with Susie Alegre, international human rights lawyer and Barrister Associate at Doughty Street Chambers, we discuss Facebook's mind-machine interface. What impact does this have on our rights to private thought? Does this make the “Forgotten Right” even more of an imperative than...

Dec 5, 2020

In this safeguarding podcast we discuss with Lydia Grace of the Samaritans their industry guidelines for managing self-harm and suicide content on websites and how to keep vulnerable people safe online. What was the motivation behind these guidelines? Is self-harming an effective coping strategy? What's the...

Nov 21, 2020

COVID has of course impacted us all, but children especially so and in many different ways. Based on her presentation at the 2020  Inside Government's Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation conference, in this Safeguarding Podcast we discuss with Sheila Taylor MBE, CEO of the NWG Network, the impact of COVID on children,...