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New drone laws bring added protection for passengers
New drone laws will restrict the unmanned aerial vehicle from flying above 400 feet and within 1 kilometre of airport boundaries
Poverty and its impact on the health of children
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
Children’s allegations of sexual abuse
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...
Failing children’s services face tough measures
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...
How Europe should act on childhood obesity
Nikolai Pushkarev, Policy Officer at the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), outlines the importance of tackling obesity in children.
We are drowning in declarations, strategies and action plans dedicated to tackling the problem of obesity. But today, about 40 years after the start of obesity’s spectacular ascent, the World Health Organisation...
Tackling cancer in children and adolescents
Professor Giles Vassal, President of the European Society for Paediatric Oncology outlines why it is crucial for Europe to come together and tackle and prevent cancer in children.
Compared to the incidence in adults, cancer is rare in children and adolescents but concerns 35,000 young people each year in Europe. Despite...
Children’s social care is ‘inadequate’
Ofsted has reported children's social care services are inadequate in three-quarters of the local authorities inspected across England...
Across England a total of three-quarters of the local authorities inspected were found to be inadequate or required improvements.
Ofsted inspected more than 5,000 children's homes and other social care provisions run by 43 councils.
The watchdog...
More needs to be done to prevent child abuse
Chairman of Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board Alan Coe said more needed to be done to prevent child neglect and organised sex abuse in the city.
Wolverhampton City Council revealed that 800 children are currently in its care across the region. This gives the local authority the highest rate of care...
Prevent filicide: Intervention with potential perpetrators
Thea Brown, Professor Emeritus at Monash University, investigates the flaws in service interventions related to filicide cases and highlights methods to bolster early interventions to prevent potential perpetrators.
Judith Rees – The For Baby’s Sake Trust
Judith took up her role at For Baby’s Sake Trust in July 2015, having worked in the NHS for 33 years.
While with the NHS Judith was a Staff Nurse, Midwife, Health Visitor, Practice Teacher, and, Safeguarding Children’s Nurse and Team Leader for Health Visitors and School Nurses. She went...
Filicide: Facts and fiction
Filicide is a little-understood event. Consequentially it is plagued with myths and misinformation that misdirect preventive action
Research has been slow and scattered, held back by the difficulties of gaining data and the lack of consistent attention. Thus, many myths have arisen to explain the tragedy of filicide, and they...
Faculty of Social Sciences – University of Helsinki
The SILE project (2021 – 2026) investigates how the position, well-being, and rights of silent stakeholders are taken into account in the preparation and implementation of laws, and what kinds of impacts laws have on their everyday lives.
Filicide: The search for explanations
Thea Brown, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Social Work at Monash University, examines the development of research aimed at understanding filicide.
Filicide: The most tragic family violence event
Thea Brown, Professor Emeritus AM from Monash University, Caulfield in Australia, guides us through filicide, the most tragic family violence event.
Zero Trust: How can local councils defend against the increasing cyber threats?
The recent ransomware attack on Leicester City Council is a stern reminder of how vulnerable UK local councils are to increasing cyber threats. How should local councils defend themselves?
Innovation, learning, policing and online safety: The King’s Speech
In the King’s Speech, we saw announcements of long-term strategies to meet deficits in healthcare training, much-needed investment in mental health services and encouragement in engagement in innovative technologies, but what about policing and public safety?
Enhancing wellbeing and equality: Welfare economics and effective social policies
Dr (MD) Ahmed ElBarawi, Lecturer/Executive Assistant of the Provost at Berlin School of Business and Innovation, turns the focus on welfare economics and effective social policies that enhance wellbeing and equality.
Learning mobility for improved and robust education cooperation
Open Access Government charts the priorities of the European Commission when it comes to learning mobility, including Erasmus+, plus stronger education cooperation with Ukraine.
UK Online Safety Bill returns to Parliament: Who is most at risk?
This month the UK’s Online Safety Bill will return to Parliament and the news can’t come soon enough for children and young people at risk from online harm and abuse.
Ofcom reveals that 16% of British toddlers use TikTok
According to Ofcom, 16% of British toddlers use TikTok - while one third of children between the ages of five and seven use the social media platform.
