Data Protection in Education: Navigating GDPR & the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

Introduction

Are you advising schools, colleges, or universities on compliance with data protection legislation?

With the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the newly enacted Data Use and Access Act 2025, education institutions face unique compliance challenges. This virtual classroom session will look at the specific issues that schools, colleges, and universities face with data protection, and how to address them.

Building on existing knowledge of the legislation, this session will focus on giving you confidence to apply it appropriately in an education setting, as well as busting some of the myths around what GDPR actually means.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Recent legislative reforms and relevance to educational institutions
• When consent is needed and how to manage consent
• Governance considerations in a world of AI
• How to demonstrate accountability
• How to uphold the rights of students, parents and staff
• How to use CCTV, photos, and biometric data fairly
• Which security measures should be considered
• How to handle data breaches
• Sharing personal data lawfully and securely

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.