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📢 FACT: If you're a DSL in an FE college that relies on web filtering to spot students at risk, you're likely missing students at risk. In our latest roundtable discussion, three safeguarding leaders gathered to discuss why this is the case, and how digital monitoring is the only way to fill the gap.

In an FE College, digital monitoring can be the difference in keeping a young person safe from harm. Discover the stories and the impact the technology has made to DSLs in the work they do, as part of our latest roundtable discussion.

Safeguarding leaders working in further education came together to speak to us about the impact that digital monitoring has had on their college's safeguarding approach to keeping students safe online.

Safeguarding leaders from the United Colleges Group and The Birmingham Metropolitan College sat down with us to talk openly about the realities of spotting students at risk online. 💻⚠️. Their message was clear. Digital monitoring in Further Education is no longer optional - it’s essential to keeping learners safe. Over 40 minutes, they explored: 🔹 The biggest digital safeguarding concerns facing FE colleges today 🔹 The gaps that appear when monitoring isn’t in place - and the positive impact when it is 🔹 How monitoring helps colleges identify emerging safeguarding trends and act early 🔹 Their advice for colleges yet to take that next step

Digital monitoring works as part of a wider safeguarding strategy that many FE colleges now use to keep young people safe. But questions remain about the cost involved in having it in place alongside a web filter that many DSLs traditionally use. In our further education roundtable discussion, our safeguarders speak openly about this topic and the long-term value that the technology can ultimately bring to both safeguarding teams and wider college transformation.

Digital monitoring is critical in schools and MATs to: Ensure early detection of online risks Comply with Keeping Children Safe in Education If you don’t have monitoring, or if you’re unsure whether your current provision is appropriate, our latest paper can help. In just a few pages it reveals: ✅ The risks you miss without monitoring ✅ The 2 monitoring pitfalls schools & academies should avoid ✅ The 7 imperatives for digital monitoring success (and they’re more straightforward than you might think.)