On Thursday 29 October 2020 at 11.00 GMT, we held our sixth ProtectED Reflections webinar, Supporting Estranged Students' Success – Improving university policies and services for students without family support We were very pleased to welcome our speakers for this event: Helen Arber, Manager at Unite Foundation, providing university scholarship support for care leavers and estranged young people Jelisha Catnott, Student Support and Welfare Manager at Brunel University London

At times, the lockdown felt like being trapped on a deserted island, where I lost track of time and control over my future. However, I was absolutely certain about one thing, and one thing only, that I would keep moving! Not completely in a physical sense (even though I did take up running for a while), but more into the direction of developing and pushing myself forward, and more consciously ignoring that little voice playing that irritating song in my mind that goes; What i

Congratulations to all those recognised in the, IPSA Security Champion Recognition Newsletter. The acts of courage and bravery are amazing achievements. It is great to see such dedication and recognition to their teams from our ProtectED Advisory Board member International Professional Security Association (IPSA). Just click on the PDF to take a look at all those recognised.

Read our latest newsletter, ProtectED Review – Issue 20, here.

Congratulations to our Advisory board member McAllister Olivarius, in expanding their team. This week they have announced Sophie Walker, Chief Executive of the Young Women’s Trust and founding leader of the Women’s Equality Party, is joining McAllister Olivarius as Chief Strategy Officer. Read the full article here

On Thursday 1 October 2020 at 14.00 BST we held our fifth ProtectED Reflections webinar, The Evolution of Campus Security – Towards effective institutional security (and the benefits during Covid-19). This is the second in a series of ProtectED webinars on the theme "Safeguarding the Student Experience". These events are all related to specific aspects of the ProtectED Code of Practice — with today's webinar relating to the section "Core Institutional Safety & Security" We w