Cyber Bullying Workshop November 22, 2011

Venue/Location: Council Chamber, the Old Fire Station
Event type: One-off event
Description:

Cyber bullying is a growing problem, with a survey from the UK Department of Children, Schools and Families suggesting that up to 34% 12 to 15 year olds have suffered from abusive emails, text messages or postings on social networking sites.

Approaches to preventing and combating Cyber bullying include developing guidelines for Schools, Government campaigns such as "Safe to Learn", measures by social network sites to allow reporting of abuse or inappropriate content, and development of online gaming environments in which children can assume the identity of virtual characters and learn by participating in scenarios.

This workshop aims to bring together leading authorities, researchers, social network providers and Schools with experience of developing policies, guidelines, and virtual environments for preventing cyber bullying.

A programme of events for the day can be downloaded here. For any further information please contact Nathalie Audren-Howarth on 0161 295 5278 or email n.audren@salford.ac.uk

The event will take place in the Council Chamber at the Old Fire Station. For details of how to get to the University please see our travel pages.

Please book online for this event via the BCS website.
https://events.bcs.org/book/145

Official Website: http://www.salford.ac.uk/home-page/events/events/cyber-bullying-workshop