Beyond Screen Time: What smartphones are really doing to student life and learning – and how staff can respond

Smartphones now sit at the centre of student life, shaping attention, wellbeing, social dynamics and learning in ways many institutions are still trying to understand.

In this free online session, NAMSS and Fluid Focus will explore the challenges staff are facing around student phone use and digital habits, and why this is becoming a growing issue for support, safeguarding and student success.

Drawing on the national Smartphones in Education research, led in collaboration with Dr Paul Redmond, we’ll share key findings, challenge some common assumptions, and examine what an effective institutional response can look like in practice.

We’ll also spotlight a number of Fluid Focus FE partners to show how colleges are beginning to respond.

Building on research led with Dr Paul Redmond; and endorsed by Jonathan Haidt (author of the Anxious Generation).

This session is hosted by a commercial organisation. Products/services referenced may be of interest to our members, however, they are not endorsed by NAMSS and we do not have any affiliation with the organisation.