Online staff Prevent awareness training for education settings
Free online Prevent workshops
Online Prevent awareness sessions (delivered via Microsoft Teams) will continue to be available for staff in 2025. The sessions cover all the important issues that staff need to know for Prevent, such as:
- what is Prevent?
- what is radicalisation?
- case study examples
- common signs of vulnerability and radicalisation
- current threat level
- main risks from terrorism and extremism.
The training is suitable for all education sector organisations but is particularly useful for smaller organisations who may struggle to provide a more detailed Prevent input to smaller staff cohorts.
You can use this training for new staff in all education-based organisations, or for those staff who need a more detailed insight or update.
Sessions will be managed through a new DfE corporate Eventbrite account, and attendees will be notified of MS Teams links via Eventbrite-generated reminders and emails. It is therefore important that staff check their junk / spam folders too, in case these notifications are directed there.
As before, certificates of attendance and a user survey will be sent out after the session to all attendees. Staff must register correctly using their correct names and business email addresses to ensure they are included in this.
Workshop dates and booking links
Online Prevent awareness session tailored for staff in education - Tuesday 9 September 2025, 10.30am to midday
Online Prevent awareness session tailored for staff in education - Wednesday 8 October 2025, 4pm to 5.30pm
Prevent planning webinar for FE skills providers
Free quarterly webinar session, aimed at briefing new providers, those that are less confident in their arrangements or just wish to ensure that they remain compliant with the Prevent Duty.
Attendees will receive a detailed slide set resource and a certificate of attendance after the session.
Webinar dates and booking links
Online webinar for FE skills providers subject to the Prevent duty - Tuesday 7 October 2025, 10.30am to midday
Online Prevent duty training
The GOV.UK Prevent duty training page has a link to a free online-based referral course, aimed at Designated Safeguarding Leads in education.
The course covers:
- what information to gather
- who to contact to validate concerns
- the key principles of a Prevent referral
Workshops aimed at countering Extremism and Radicalisation
Educational charity, 'Since 9/11' has continued to create and promote a range of materials for education, and has made available some free training sessions for schools.
Workshop dates and booking links:
All causes and none at all – Understanding developments in mixed-influence extremism - Wednesday 7 May 2025, 3.45pm to 5.15pm
Work for idle thumbs? Violent extremism, AI and 3D printing - Tuesday 10 June 2025, 3.45pm to 5.15pm
Game on: How extremists and terrorists use online gaming for radicalisation - Wednesday 9 July 2025, 3.45pm to 5.15pm
Antisocial behaviour - Violent extremist use of social media platforms - Thursday 25 September 2025, 3.45pm to 5.15pm