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About safetynet

Safetynet is a mailing list for anyone who wants to discuss and share information to support the development of e-safety good practice within educational organisations. This forum is for teachers, Local Authority personnel and others who have an interest and or responsibility in this area. It has been set up to provide:

  • peer to peer support and access to the shared knowledge and experience of the community
  • instant access to colleagues, some of who may have similar difficulties and concerns
  • access to help from other experienced practitioners and interested parties
  • up-to-date information

Safetynet is an open discussion group. This means that anyone with an interest in this area is welcome to participate in the discussions. All discussions will be publicly available and when you post a message, your email address will be visible to registered users.

All messages sent to Safetynet are stored in a publicly available archive. Archives are provided as an additional resource to users and enables non members to browse the messages. The archive also means that you do not have to save every message you receive from this discussion group.

To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the safetynet Archives.
Using safetynet

To post a message to all the list members, send email to safetynet@lists.becta.org.uk.

You can subscribe to the list, or change your existing subscription, in the sections below.
Subscribing to safetynet

Subscribe to safetynet by filling out the following form. You will be sent email requesting confirmation, to prevent others from gratuitously subscribing you. This is a hidden list, which means that the list of members is available only to the list administrator.

safetynet is reactively moderated [ What is moderation? ].

An acceptable use policy has been established by Becta which members are expected to follow.

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If you choose not to enter a password, one will be automatically generated for you, and it will be sent to you once you've confirmed your subscription. You can always request a mail-back of your password when you edit your personal options. Once a month, your password will be emailed to you as a reminder.
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