The Challenge

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• Our client needed a clearer and more comprehensive overview of the content that secondary school pupils were viewing on the school owned digital devices. Children now have access to harmful material online in a manner that is unprecedented in previous generations

• They required a solution that kept the children safe while still allowing them to thrive in their digital environment.

• Further challenges were noted in the differing operating systems of the devices – such as the use of Safari on Apple devices as opposed to browsers such as Chrome and Microsoft Edge. 

 

 

Our Solution

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• By applying a dynamic and agile approach and developing a clear strategy of Data Collection, Clustering Algorithms and grading vital intelligence by risk level.

• Capturing alerts made by students in the browser and detecting vulnerabilities across the broadest categories including mental health concerns, cyber bullying and grooming. Using data clustering and the sharing of data to create hotspots around certain words thus providing real time updates to staff about student wellbeing across all school owned devices.

 

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Key Outcomes

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• Optimised Resource Allocation - Has provided school staff with a storyboard of the threads that students were discussing, removing the burden and the time constraints previously put on them and creating a seamless experience that has improved student safeguarding.

• Early Warning System - Can now quickly identify when a student is deemed ‘at risk’ and take the appropriate preventative measures whereas before staff were only aware after the fact.

• Enhanced Student Safety – The key overall benefit to such a project is the undeniable enhancement of student safety; by quickly identifying students who may be engaging in risky online behaviour or accessing inappropriate content.