Safeguarding in the Age of Digital Manipulation: What Every Teacher Must Know in 2026 

Transform your understanding of digital manipulation and student vulnerability

Join expert-led workshops designed for busy educators to gain actionable insights, tools, and risk-recognition skills.

Why Choose Our Training?

• Realistic, relevant and timely

Focused on the safeguarding challenges educators are facing in 2026, informed by real-world cases and emerging digital risks.

• Clear introduction to digital manipulation and online influence

An accessible overview of how AI-generated content, misinformation, grooming, and radicalisation affect young people.

• Delivered by experienced subject matter experts

Led by trainers with extensive experience across safeguarding, security, and risk-focused environments.

• Engaging and professionally delivered

Designed to hold attention, encourage reflection, and support meaningful learning within a short, focused session.

• Supports Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Contributes to teachers’ ongoing professional learning and safeguarding awareness (non-accredited).

• Certificate of Professional Learning provided

Participants receive a certificate confirming attendance and professional learning engagement.

Who Is This Training For?

• Secondary school teachers

• Further education (FE) lecturers and tutors

• Safeguarding leads and pastoral staff

• Heads of year, inclusion leads, and SEN professionals

• School leaders with safeguarding responsibilities

  
  

(University-specific training is offered separately on 4th February 2026)

What Participants Say

“It was the best training I have had on the subject.”

— UK Policing Professional

“I just wanted to reach out to say a big thank you for spending time with our team yesterday. Your presentations were awesome! In particular, the session covering Disinformation and Misinformation was fascinating, truly fascinating! The [...] session was also excellent and there was a lot of good learning packed in there. I have to add that I loved the energy that you brought to the room and the balance and pitch of your inputs was just perfect. I do quite a lot of presentations to partners and stakeholders [...], so I’m always looking at presentation styles and you certainly know how to keep your audience engaged. Bravo!!”

— UK Policing Professional

“I thought this was an excellent input by Magda yesterday. Really informative and she is such a breath of fresh air, so engaging and just a fantastic person!”

— UK Policing Professional

“I left feeling really positive, despite the topic…”

— UK Policing Professional

“I really enjoyed the [Deterrence Center] training especially about disinformation and misinformation. Really very interesting and relevant. Magda has wonderful energy and enthusiasm for the topic.”

— UK Policing Professional

Agenda

Teacher Workshop Agenda (90 minutes)

Wednesday 28 January 2026 — 16:00–17:30 (Online)

Safeguarding in the Age of Digital Manipulation:

What Every Teacher Must Know in 2026

Free for all UK schools

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

• Identify emerging digital manipulation risks affecting young people in 2026.

• Recognise vulnerability markers linked to online grooming, radicalisation, and misinformation.

• Understand how AI-generated content shapes beliefs, behaviours, and risk profiles.

• Apply practical strategies to build digital resilience in pupils.

• Use ready-made tools and checklists to support safeguarding and early intervention.

Workshop Agenda (90 minutes)

16:00 – Welcome & Introductions

• Introduction and thanks to our sponsors and partners

• Why digital manipulation is the new safeguarding frontier

• What changed in 2025–2026

16:10 – Understanding Digital Manipulation

• AI-enhanced grooming and influence

• Disinformation → polarisation → vulnerability

• Real examples (safely anonymised)

16:25 – Identifying Vulnerable Minds

• Cognitive overload

• Isolation and identity search

• Behavioural patterns teachers can spot early

16:40 – Distorted Realities

• Misinformation, conspiracies, extremist narratives

• How students get pulled in

• Psychological hooks

16:55 – Protecting Students in a Complex Online Environment

• Classroom-ready tools

• Intervention scripts for teachers

• Building digital resilience

17:10 – Q&A + Free Resource Pack

• Immediate support materials

• Optional follow-up workshop in February

17:30 – Close

Teachers’ Welcome Pack

All participants will receive a welcome pack including helpful resources, practical tools, and exclusive discounts available after the session.

Supported by:

 (Supporter of strengthening educators’ capabilities for digital resilience in complex environments)