Free AI & Safeguarding Webinars
A nonprofit announced free specialist webinars on AI and safeguarding aimed at school staff, offering just‑in‑time training on emerging AI risks and protections. (x.com)
Safer Schools is delivered by INEQE Safeguarding Group and operates in partnership with Zurich Municipal under the Safer Schools digital safeguarding ecosystem. ( ) A Safer Schools guide titled “Safeguarding Students: A Guide for Schools on Preventing and Responding to AI‑Generated Image Exploitation” details how photos taken from school sites are being sexualised by image‑generation tools and used to attempt blackmail. (oursaferschools.co.uk) A separate Safer Schools alert, “Sextortion and the Rise of AI,” reports a significant rise in AI‑enabled sextortion incidents against children and young people and sets out incident response advice for education staff. (oursaferschools.co.uk) The Digital Proficiency Course associated with the Safer Schools programme went live for Safer Internet Day on February 5, 2026, and the curriculum explicitly lists the “five C’s” — Content, Contact, Conduct, Commerce and Cyber Security — as its learning framework. (oursaferschools.co.uk) Safer Schools publishes on‑demand instructional webinars via its portal and INEQE lists a free 20‑minute Digital Proficiency information webinar with live sessions hosted virtually; registrants are offered recordings if they cannot attend. ( ) The Safer Schools programme states that its CPD‑certified courses, app resources and some webinar access are provided at no extra cost to school staff, pupils and parents and are included for schools insured by Zurich Municipal. ( )