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YHGfL is a non-profit-sharing company, owned by a consortium of local authorities and funded through the provision of services to local authorities, schools and teachers and learners in Yorkshire and Humber.

Our services support collaborative working, including, for example, regional connectivity, ISP and web2.0 services, aggregating demand across the region and enabling the sharing of expertise and experience.

Our vision is to build and support communities of schools, using and promoting collaboration with and through ICT as a means of improving effective teaching and learning

What's new....

NEN Professional Officer vacancy

The NEN has decided that it needs to recruit a Professional Officer in order to help us develop the NEN to support schools even more effectively over the next few years. The post is challenging but rewarding, and the successful applicant will have the opportunity to create and develop the role. Full details are available on our website as well as the NEN website at www.nen.gov.uk.

Dealing with complaints on social networking sites

Advice to schools on dealing with specific incidents and steps it can follow in order to deal with comments against the school that may appear on social networking sites. It also gives some advice on how schools can be proactive and establish strategies to counter parents or carers using social networking sites to criticise staff or discuss sensitive issues.

Setting restrictions on Apple mobile devices

Guidance on using inbuilt features on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad to restrict various function to prevent children getting access to unsuitable materials on the Web.

Reporting incidents on Facebook

We have put together a series of links and frequently asked questions (FAQ) to help staff to guide young people and parents to manage problems that occur on Facebook.

 

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teachers in CPD training

Our new CPD Programme and online booking system, which will bring you the best of CPD, training, consultancy and development.

Don’t forget to register in order to book on events and set up notifications about changes to this website!

If you register, you can set up alerts which will notify you by email when there are changes to any part(s) of this website that interest you. It will also give you access to other functionality which we will be releasing over the next few months.

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