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The new powers to detain and isolate ‘potentially infectious’ people under the Coronavirus Act are alarming enough when applied to adults – but how do they apply to children? John Binns, partner at BCL Solicitors LLP explores here.

Here, Claire Quinn, VP of Compliance & DPO, CIPP/e at PRIVO, discusses the challenges of how to protect children in the digital age.

Stuart Snape, Managing Partner, Graham Coffey & Co. Solicitors, provides his expert thoughts on the importance of online security and privacy for children under 13, including the key role parents play in this vein.

Parents often forget about the devices their kids take to school – the increasing number of which is making more children vulnerable to cybercriminals, here Kaspersky recommends tips to help ensure children are kept safe.

Two years after an ethnic cleansing forced around 700,000 Rohingya to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh, where Rohingya children are still living in camps.

UK Government funding is successfully supporting the protection of elephants - helping local livelihoods, ecosystem function and global biodiversity.

The United Nations secretary-general omitted countries responsible for grave violations against children in conflict in his new “list of shame”.

EP3 Foundation discuss the modern day issue of protecting children's personal data online in a growing era of influencers and expanding technology.

Ofsted have published guidance for inspectors for new series of joint inspections focusing on children’s mental health.

National programme will provide specialist support and boost protection for children most at risk of criminal or sexual exploitation.

A significant increase in funding for local authorities looking after unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC), has been announced by Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes.

The European Elections 2019 Manifesto for the Paediatric Oncology & Haematology community has been launched, and it prioritises beating childhood cancer to aim for zero deaths.

In this article, Alastair Graham discusses the need for screening social media; touching on infamous cases, government responsibilities and questions of immaturity.

Pregnant women and new parents returning to work are to be further protected from unfairly losing their jobs under new proposals set out by the government.

Passionate Brits want more measures put in place to protect the nation’s heritage sites, according to new research

New drone laws will restrict the unmanned aerial vehicle from flying above 400 feet and within 1 kilometre of airport boundaries

One of the main risks to children’s health is living in poverty, says Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s Professor Russell Viner

Professor Kim P Roberts, PhD, of Wilfrid Laurier University talks about research into how children's memory works in cases such as sexual abuse... One thing I have learned after conducting over 2 decades of research, is that one can never assume anything about children’s memory. In fact, I began work in...

Child and Youth Studies (CHYS) is one of the most popular programs at Brock.  The program teaches a broad-based approach that considers the individual child or youth within the context of the family, school, peer group and community. With interdisciplinary roots in psychology, education, sociology, cultural studies and criminology, the degree...

Children’s services that are failing could be taken over by high-performing councils and charities if they show no sign of improvement… Local authority social services that fail children will face tough new measures, it has emerged. Under the plans, any service judged as inadequate by education watchdog Ofsted will have six...