by Kate | Oct 27, 2026 | Governance Insights
Simple Things, Board-Level Signals Not every safeguarding question a governing body asks needs to be complex. Some of the most revealing are also the simplest. Start with how easy it is to ask for help. Can learners find safeguarding contact details where they...
by Kate | Oct 27, 2026 | Governance Insights
Vulnerability Is Not a Category Most learners at universities, colleges and apprenticeship providers do not fall into a defined group that calls for specialist safeguarding support. That is an important starting point, and a reassuring one, but it does not mean those...
by Kate | Sep 29, 2026 | Governance Insights
Three Questions for Your Next ARC Meeting Testing whether safeguarding is genuinely visible within your governance architecture does not require a full review. It can start with three questions at your next ARC meeting. When did safeguarding last change the agenda...
by Kate | Sep 29, 2026 | Governance Insights
When Safeguarding Becomes Everyone’s Responsibility There is a paradox at the centre of most safeguarding governance: the more widely a responsibility is shared, the less clearly anyone may own the whole. Safeguarding is unusual in how far it spreads across an...
by Kate | Jul 24, 2026 | Governance Insights
What the Natasha Abrahart Case Tells Us About Governance In May 2022, a senior County Court judge found that the University of Bristol had contributed to the death of Natasha Abrahart, a 20-year-old physics student, by discriminating against her under the Equality Act...
by Kate | Jul 22, 2026 | Governance Insights
Process vs Judgement: The Question Boards Cannot Answer There is a question most governing bodies cannot answer. Not because they lack commitment to safeguarding, but because their governance systems were never designed to make the answer visible. The question is...
