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Karl Hopwood

Independent online safety expert

Karl Hopwood is an independent esafety expert. He belongs to UKCIS and serves as an online safety consultant for various organisations.

Karl sits on the UKCIS evidence group and education working group as well as on the advisory board for the UK Safer Internet Centre. He is a trustee of Childnet International and of the Marie Collins Foundation

Karl has worked for a number of key players in the UK and abroad including CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre), BECTA (British Educational and Communications Technology Agency), the European Commission, the UN and several Local Authorities within the UK and in Europe. As an ex primary headteacher, he continues to work closely in schools across Europe with children, young people, parents and teachers to develop safer online behaviours and the promotion of digital literacy.

Karl is an in-house consultant for INSAFE which is the coordinating node of the EU Better Internet for Kids programme where he is responsible for the coordination of safer internet helplines across Europe. He also works with the Boarding Schools’ AssociationIAPS and the National Union of Teachers. Karl is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Marie Collins Foundation, a charity which supports young people who have been sexually abused and exploited online and is also a trustee of Childnet International.

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