SWGfL News

Recruitment opportunity
The SWGfL are looking to recruit an E-Learning Consultant (Primary): One Year Fixed Term contract.

Submitted: 17/07/2008 11:22:00

International Youth Advisory Congress – IYAC
July 2008 sees the first ever International Youth Advisory Congress as young people from all around the world come together in London to discuss online safety and security ...

Submitted: 16/07/2008 16:22:00

Changes to your SWGfL Filtering Service
On 17th July 2008, your SWGfL filtering service will be updated to offer 3 new filter lists, enabling your school to adopt a more flexible approach to filtering ...

Submitted: 15/07/2008 15:35:00

SWGfL ICT Conferences 2008: Updated 15/07/08
Thank you to everyone who attended this year's ICT Conferences. Find out how you can download presentation materials, and provide feedback on the conferences ...

Submitted: 15/07/2008 11:38:00

Important Update about your School's British Pathe Licence
The British Pathe Schools Licence which has enabled schools throughout the UK to use the newsreel films from its vast archive for learning is due to end on 31st July 2008 ...

Submitted: 25/06/2008 09:32:00

SWGfL Website Recovery Updates
Important information for SWGfL Website users following recent hacking attempts on the SWGfL website ...

Submitted: 23/06/2008 14:58:00

SWGfL response to Byron Review
SWGfL has summarised key comments and recommendations for schools made by Dr Tanya Byron in her review; Safer Children in a Digital World published on 27th March 2008.

Submitted: 18/06/2008 20:30:00

MoLeNET Event
The SWGfL has negotiated free entry to the next event in Plymouth, focussing on Web 2.0, Bluetooth and SMS texting.

Submitted: 05/06/2008 14:30:00

One click from Capture – BBC Panorama discovers the filming of one SWGfL e safety film
SWGfL again applauds the BBC and the Panorama programme for airing One Click from Capture ...

Submitted: 27/05/2008 10:38:00

ICT Conferences: UWE Now Fully Booked
Places for this year's Regional ICT Conferences are selling fast, with the UWE conference on 2nd July now fully booked ...

Submitted: 13/05/2008 22:24:00

'Big Day Out' Flyer
Download the 'Big Day Out' Flyer' which tells you about the project and how your school can access it.

Submitted: 07/05/2008 10:37:00

E-Safety News Alerts
Keep up-to-date with the latest national and international e-safety news with our new 'E-Safety News Alerts' area.

Submitted: 28/04/2008 12:15:00

SWGfL ICT Conferences 2008: Book Online!
Bookings for this year's Regional ICT Conferences are now open ...

Submitted: 23/04/2008 06:59:00

Free Mobile Learning event for SWGfL LA's
The next MoLeNET – (Mobile Learning Network) event will be taking place on Monday 28th April in Taunton.

Submitted: 16/04/2008 21:11:00

E-Safety Conference '07 Videos
The streaming videos of the E-Safety Conference '07 keynote speakers are now available for viewing.

Submitted: 08/04/2008 12:33:00

SWGfL Website Feedback
We want your feedback! - fill in our SWGfL Website Feedback survey and help to inform future SWGfL website developments.

Submitted: 12/03/2008 10:19:00

SWGfL Portal - Security Certificate Warning
Whilst we are in the process of renewing our security certificates, you may receive warning messages whilst trying to log on to the portal ...

Submitted: 06/03/2008 15:26:00

SW-ITched On Newsletter - Spring '08
The Spring'08 version of the SW-ITched On Newsletter is now available.

Submitted: 05/03/2008 09:32:00

Byron review competition
A competition 'to help keep kids safe' has been launched, as part of the Byron review - a review of video games and internet safety.

Submitted: 19/02/2008 09:01:00

New SWGfL Reports published.
The SWGfL have published a new report -'The State of E-Safety - Secondary Survey', which will provide an up to date picture of the state of e-safety in SW schools.

Submitted: 18/02/2008 14:30:00

Press Release - SWGfL Merlin project
RM, in partnership with Netmedia Education has been appointed preferred bidder for the SWGfL Merlin project.

Submitted: 11/02/2008 09:56:00

Safer Internet Day 2008
The Safer Internet Day will take place on 12th February 2008. SID is a yearly event organised by Insafe, the European internet safety network.

Submitted: 11/02/2008 09:56:00

The SWGfL Helpdesk Number is Changing
From Monday 18th Feb the SWGfL helpdesk number will be changing to 0845 307 7870 ...

Submitted: 07/02/2008 10:56:00

Call for bids from Becta and the NEN/SWGfL
Becta and the NEN/SWGfL have issued a call for bids to secondary schools, awarding up to £25,000 for the re-purposing, creation and sharing of learning and teaching material.

Submitted: 25/01/2008 13:05:00

Audit of On-line Learning Resources
The SWGfL in partnership with Local Authorities in the South West are conducting an audit of On-line Learning resources used in schools.

Submitted: 25/01/2008 10:34:00

New Services
We're pleased to announce the launch of two new SWGfL Services: SWGfL Mobile and SWGfL Local ...

Submitted: 14/01/2008 12:08:00

SWGfL Response to the BBC Panorama programme 07/01/08
SWGfL is delighted that the BBC Panorama programme has further raised the subject of e-safety to such a wide audience.

Submitted: 09/01/2008 09:25:00

e-Safety Conferences Prize Draw Winner Announced
Congratulations go to Sian Pullin of Hambrook Primary, Bristol, winner of our e-Safety Conference prize draw ...

Submitted: 10/12/2007 09:00:00

RockIT 2007 Regional Winners Announced
An exciting week of on-line voting has finished and the judges have made their decision on who will represent the South West at the National Finals

Submitted: 26/11/2007 15:56:00

Photo and Sound Clips Competition - Celebrations and Festivals
To celebrate recent and upcoming festivals such as Diwali and Christmas, the SWGfL have launched a "Celebrations and Festivals" competition

Submitted: 23/11/2007 13:29:00

e-Safety Conferences 2007 in Review
Catch-up with the conferences, download presentation materials and find our what's still to come ...

Submitted: 23/11/2007 10:27:00

e-Safety Conferences 2007 - Latest News
Selected presentation materials from this year's e-Safety Conferences are now available to download ...

Submitted: 23/11/2007 10:26:00

Autumn '07 SW-ITched on Newsletter now available
Download your copy of the SW-ITched on newsletter, Autumn '07. Packed with the latest information covering a range of topics.

Submitted: 23/10/2007 14:56:00

SWGfL 'Internet Safety Tips' Competition extended to 31st Oct.
Submit your internet safety tips online now and be in with a chance of winnning a fantastic Apple iMac.

Submitted: 19/10/2007 14:46:00

RockIT Regional Finals
On-line voting takes place for the South West Regional RockIT entries, week commencing 15th October. VOTE HERE...

Submitted: 11/10/2007 23:48:00

New Competitions Added
Visit our Competitions page now to find out the latest competitions and some of the great prizes to be won!

Submitted: 27/09/2007 16:42:00

Learning Platforms Guidance - Updated
The Learning Platforms - Guidance and Support for your school from SWGfL Primary (& Secondary) has been updated.

Submitted: 21/09/2007 15:19:00

ICT Conferences 2007 - Presentation Materials Now Online
With apologies for the delay, presentation materials from this year's Regional ICT Conferences are now available for download...

Submitted: 20/08/2007 14:03:00

SWGfL e-Safety Conferences 2007
We're pleased to announce details of our first e-Safety Conferences, taking place in November ...

Submitted: 08/08/2007 09:47:00

Supporting e-safety - Priory Community School
'Supporting e-safety through the National Education Network' - an IQ magazine article highlighting the e-safety work being done at Prioriy Community School.

Submitted: 08/08/2007 09:46:00

Social Networking - We Want Your Views
As part of a focus on Social Networking (Myspace, Bebo etc), we are conducting a survey to gather your opinions and experiences. Help us by taking part ...

Submitted: 13/07/2007 15:27:00

'SWGfL Safe' - New Website Section
The new 'SWGfL Safe' website section has now been launched - you can get to it from the 'SWGfL Safe' link in the navigaton bar.

Submitted: 13/07/2007 09:38:00

UPDATED: Making E-safety News
Do you use the internet regularly? Do you use Bebo or Myspace or any other social networking sites? Do you have any tips for Internet Safety? We'd like to hear from you!

Submitted: 11/07/2007 16:05:00

SWGfL Support Teachers in Pupil Allegation Investigation
As featured in Monday's Western Morning news, SWGfL has supported an investigation into false allegations made about teachers, by pupils in the region ...

Submitted: 27/06/2007 10:52:00

Semley School collects internet safety award
Semley School, Dorset collected their award in Brussels this month, for their innovative work in internet safety.

Submitted: 19/06/2007 15:29:00

Rock IT 2007
Rock IT is a competition for school bands in the UK and Europe. Register online today! You enter by submitting a video of your band performing an original song.

Submitted: 12/06/2007 15:14:00

SWGfL Featured in Devon Newspaper
David Wright, member of SWGfL's internet safety group, speaks to the Western Morning News about cyber bullying ...

Submitted: 07/06/2007 11:47:00

Tiscali E-mail Problems
SWGfL Mail users may find that they are not recieving some e-mails from users of Tiscali e-mail service owing to Spam restrictions imposed on Tiscali's email servers ...

Submitted: 31/05/2007 16:29:00

New Guide to Proxy Bypass Sites
Proxy Bypass sites could allow users to bypass the SWGfL filtering system. We have now produced a new guide to tell you what we are doing about them ...

Submitted: 31/05/2007 16:18:00

The 'Story of Gardens' - now available!
The 'Story of Gardens' is an innovative educational resource which reveals the fascinating story of people and gardens through time.

Submitted: 30/05/2007 11:23:00

British Pathe licence update
The British Pathe licence ends in June 2007 and the RBC community is currently negotiating what will happen after this date.

Submitted: 23/05/2007 14:41:00

Priory Community School - e-safety case study.
An e-safety case study from Priory Community School, Weston Super Mare, is now available to download.

Submitted: 09/05/2007 16:06:00

Regional ICT Conferences 2007 - Book your Place Now!
Online bookings are now being taken for this year's regional ICT conferences, taking place on the 3rd and 4th of July in Bristol and Torquay respectively - book your place now ...

Submitted: 09/05/2007 11:15:00

New SWGfL Services Guides available.
New Staff Proxy Top Tips Guide (the quick user guide for SWGfL filtering), and Quick Start Guides for the SWGfL Monitoring service are now available to download from the website.

Submitted: 16/04/2007 09:09:00

MTN Evaluation Report
This report presents the findings from an independent evaluation undertaken by the University of Hertfordshire of the MTN project.

Submitted: 05/04/2007 10:03:00

iPod Winners Announced
Three lucky schools who took part in our recent customer evaluation survey have been chosen to win a 30GB iPod Video ...

Submitted: 28/03/2007 16:38:00

Finding your way with the Self Review Framework
Access online this multimedia resource from Becta to help schools find their way with the self-review framework.

Submitted: 22/02/2007 15:21:00

Safer Internet Day Competition Winners
Congratulations to Semley Primary School (Wiltshire, UK) and their paired school Athens-Chilesburg Elementary (USA) who won the Innovation Award of the recent Safer Internet Day competition.

Submitted: 19/02/2007 12:36:00

Making the News Workshop
The first 'Making the News ideas' Workshop is planned for the afternoon of 9th March in Melksham, Wiltshire. Interested?

Submitted: 01/02/2007 14:44:00

VC in Action - Romans in Exeter
A case study resource aimed at teachers and museum staff considering video conferencing. It relates to Key Stage 2 children having a VC session on the Romans.

Submitted: 18/01/2007 13:57:00

Planned Maintenance on EasyMail Plus Infrastructure
We will be upgrading the EasyMail Plus infrastructure to add additional storage capacity. In order to minimise risk and reduce the potential impact on EasyMail Plus users the upgrade will be performed in two stages over two consecutive weekends.

Submitted: 05/01/2007 10:39:00

Screenonline now available
The definitive guide to British Film and Televison in the UK, with over 300 hours of media clips and providing resources now online for schools connected through SWGfL. It also supports the curriculum across a range of subjects.

Submitted: 22/12/2006 10:46:00

Rock Idol 2006 Final - Results
Well done to all of the participants in Rock Idol 2006, and to the winners, AngelFall, representing C2kNI ...

Submitted: 04/12/2006 09:24:00

Espresso Content Club
Espresso welcomes the SWGfL schools to the Content Club! Membership will allow all Espresso subscribers in the SWGfL to access 7 fantastic additional modules.

Submitted: 24/11/2006 09:20:00

Primary History and ICT Conference
This was a collaborative workshop held at Dillington House, Somerset on the 6th November, with a view to increasing awareness of British Pathe and other resources, available to teachers via the NEN.

Submitted: 22/11/2006 12:06:00

ICT Excellence Award for South West School
Westfield Technology College in Dorset has been awarded Becta's ICT Excellence Award for Secondary Curriculum ...

Submitted: 15/11/2006 22:31:00

New SWGfL Website Launched
Following an intensive design and consultation process, we're proud to unveil the new look SWGfL website ...

Submitted: 15/11/2006 21:12:00

Rock Idol 2006 - Winners Announced
After much deliberation, our panel of judges have decided upon their winning entry for the South West regional heats of Rock Idol 2006 ...

Submitted: 13/11/2006 10:22:00

Doodle 4 Google Winners 2006
Congratulations to Katherine Chisnall from St Augustine's RC College, for winning the 'Doodle 4 Google - My Britain' competition

Submitted: 07/11/2006 11:34:00

SWGfL MTN Support Site Launched
This is a new support site to help teachers and students use the Making the News site. It provides ideas on how to add photos, audio and video to enhance your stories, and lots more.

Submitted: 04/10/2006 11:13:00

Embedding learning platforms - good practice
The DfES, in collaboration with the Regional Broadband Consortia, have developed case studies focusing on the implementation of learning platforms, as an element of the National Education Network ...

Submitted: 04/10/2006 10:02:00

ICT Conference Materials Now Online
Presentation materials from the recent Regional ICT Conferences are now available to download...

Submitted: 15/09/2006 10:07:00

'Making the News' at SWGfL
'Making the News', the online publishing system for schools can be used now to publish stories from the SWGfL region.

Submitted: 12/09/2006 11:24:00

Updating your computers at the Start of Term
Important information and advice from the SWGfL Managed Service team regarding possible security vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Operating System ...

Submitted: 31/08/2006 11:14:00

Dell Laptop Battery Recall
Dell are recalling certain Sony batteries used in Dell laptops issued after the 1st April 2004, owing to a potential safety hazard...

Submitted: 16/08/2006 15:51:00

Wanna be a Rock Idol?
Over the next 2 terms, bands from schools across the country will be rocking and rolling in this years national 'Rock Idol' competition ...

Submitted: 01/08/2006 13:11:00

More Great Discounts on Learning Resources
We're pleased to announce yet more discounts for our schools, following negotiations with educational software supplier, REM...

Submitted: 19/07/2006 17:07:00

Keep up-to-date with the SWGfL Mailing List
We're pleased to announce the launch of the South West Grid for Learning Mailing List...

Submitted: 18/07/2006 14:49:00

Social Networking sites - Beware!
Advice and information to help educate yourself and your family about social networking sites...

Submitted: 18/07/2006 11:49:00

Summer Issue of SW-ITched On - Out Now!
The Summer '06 edition of the SWGfL Trust's termly newsletter is out now, with a fresh new look...

Submitted: 21/06/2006 16:55:00

South West Grid for Learning becomes South West Grid for Learning Trust
The South West Grid for Learning has recently changed its governance in order to become a company...

Submitted: 21/06/2006 15:09:00

Regional ICT Conferences - Online Booking now Available
Online bookings are now being accepted for the "Embedding ICT" Regional ICT conferences taking place on the 5th and 6th of July...

Submitted: 06/06/2006 16:58:00

SWGfL Services Facelift

Submitted: 24/03/2006

SWGfL Primaries Lead the Way in Distance Learning

Submitted: 24/03/2006

Infomapper vs Google Earth

Submitted: 16/01/2006

Is there a UK learning grid?

Submitted: 10/01/2006

Introducing SWGfL Mail

Submitted: 10/01/2006

The Charterhouse Project is now available.

Submitted: 23/11/2005

AVP SWGfL login page is now available

Submitted: 15/11/2005

SWGfL Learning Platforms Awareness Events

Submitted: 14/11/2005

Know the Score with London Symphony Orchestra musicians

Submitted: 02/11/2005

SWGfL Newsletter now available

Submitted: 01/11/2005

British Pathe clips for UN Day

Submitted: 17/10/2005

Infomapper Layers Info. added to Projects

Submitted: 11/10/2005